Œufs à la Hongroise (Hard-boiled Eggs with Paprika Béchamel and Tomato)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 6 hard-boiled eggs
- 2 décilitres sauce Béchamel
- 50 grammes onion
- 1 pinch Paprika
- 200 grammes tomatoes
- 100 grammes Beurre de tomate
- butter
Instructions
- Stew 50 grammes of onion in butter without letting it colour and add it to 2 décilitres of sauce Béchamel.
- Season the sauce with a pinch of Paprika.
- Cut 6 hot hard-boiled eggs into thick rounds.
- At the last moment, toss 200 grammes of sliced tomatoes in butter.
- Finish the sauce with 100 grammes of Beurre de tomate.
- Mix the tossed tomatoes and the rounds of egg into the sauce and arrange in a timbale.