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Published 1998
The recipe for eggs cooked with onion skins is Sephardic in origin. Greek, Turkish, and Italian Jews traditionally serve these at Passover. The name comes from the word hamin, which means “oven.” Traditionally the eggs were placed in a heavy casserole that was then buried in the smoldering ashes of a wood-burning oven for eight to twelve hours. The same results can be achieved by cooking them on top of the stove over very, very low heat. A faint oniony taste infuses the eggs, and the