How long are the eggs boiled?

8 minutes before peeling and coating.

A dry, hard-baked bread that is crushed; used here as breadcrumbs.

Eggs with tomato sauce

Name: Eggs with tomato sauce
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 0.5 kg tomatoes; 3 dl stock; 30 g butter; 30 g plain flour; salt (to taste); paprika (to taste); 6 pc eggs (boiled for 8 minutes); 1 pc egg (whisked, for coating); 120 g breadcrumbs (crushed rusks (kavring)); fat (for deep-frying)

Hard-boiled eggs rolled in egg and crushed rusks, fried golden brown and laid in a hot tomato sauce of tomato, stock, butter and flour. From Erken’s Stor kokebok (1949), p. 14.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 14 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The dish shows how eggs were turned into a hot dish with coating and sauce.

How to make it

1
Make the tomato sauce
Halve the tomatoes and boil them with the stock for about 15 minutes. Press through a fine sieve. Mix butter and flour, stir in the tomato purée and bring to the boil. Season with salt and paprika.
2
Boil the eggs
Boil the 6 eggs for 8 minutes and peel them.
3
Coat and fry
Roll the eggs in the whisked egg and then the breadcrumbs. Deep-fry them golden brown. Cut in half lengthways.
4
Serve
Pour the boiling hot sauce on a warm dish and lay the eggs in it.

Changes from the original

«½ kg.» and «3 dd.» are read as ½ kg and 3 dl; «14 time» is read as ¼ hour (about 15 minutes). «Kavring» is rendered as breadcrumbs.

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How long are the eggs boiled?: 8 minutes before peeling and coating.
What is kavring?: A dry, hard-baked bread that is crushed; used here as breadcrumbs.

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