Joseph Sarandos
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"Greek Eggs" (for sandwiches)
Yeah I know; you didn't think that Greeks laid eggs! LOL
This is a family recipe, by my professional Master Chef father (long deceased).
To serve 4-to-6 persons generously:
Start by quick-blanching 2 large or 4 small tomatoes, sliding-off their skins, and dicing them (saving all the juice).
Thin-slice 1 large or 2 small bell peppers (green or red) and 1 large or 2 small onions (not red).
In a thick-walled skillet, melt at least half a stick of real butter, add no more than 1 tablespoon of non-rancid olive oil, and fry without browning or scorching the pepper and onion together, to a "soft" consistency. Then add the tomato and juice, and continue cooking until the whole mixture is "mushy". Now turn the heat down to "warm". If the tomatoes were not naturally sweet, add a teaspoon of sugar to the mix, but no salt or ground pepper yet.
Break 6 eggs into a measuring cup, add an equal amount of milk, and vigorously fork-stir the mixture, adding no more than a pinch of ground black pepper and no more than quarter teaspoon of salt. A half teaspoon of paprika is optional for color.
Add the egg/milk mixture to the cooked vegetables and mix it together well before turning up the heat.
The "trick" is to constantly stir the mixture while cooking it over medium-high heat, until lots of liquid appears. When the liquid appears, then you turn the heat to high and boil-away most of the liquid. More salt, black pepper or sugar can be added if needed after taste-test.
Any variety of white bread will do for the sandwiches, but the best and least-messy are fresh Italian or French rolls with fork-opened "craters" to fill with the drippy moist Greek Eggs.
As much as most of us love it, don't add garlic.
This is guaranteed to please anyone's tastes, even those who don't like eggs, since you can't taste the eggs in it.
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2/23/2006, 5:11 pm
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Incog4
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Re: "Greek Eggs" (for sandwiches)
I can vouch for this recipe. Joseph cooked some up and stuffed my wife and I with these delicious sandwiches twice, and my wife has made them for us many times since.
As the saying goes; "Try it! You'll like it!"
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2/26/2006, 10:14 am
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Re: "Greek Eggs" (for sandwiches)
We have that about one Sunday every month. It is the only time I eat breakfast.
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2/28/2006, 7:03 pm
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Joseph Sarandos
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Re: "Greek Eggs" (for sandwiches)
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We have that about one Sunday every month. It is the only time I eat breakfast.
Quite a coincidence, old boy! I've always hated eating breakfast and I don't like eggs, but this is the only food I'll eat within 4 hours of waking from sleep and before downing a full pot of coffee.
We have it more often than you do, especially when tomatoes are ripe in the garden.
I'm a bit surprised that you knew of it, but maybe you know it by a different name (not to be confused with "Spanish Omelette").
Joseph
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2/28/2006, 9:33 pm
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