La Pipérade du Pays Basque

• 1 green pepper, sliced
• pork fat or olive oil
• 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
• 1

Sauté sliced green pepper very gently in pork fat or olive oil. Add peeled and seeded tomatoes, finely chopped, with sliced onion, crushed garlic and diced ham, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add butter and simmer mixture slowly for about 30 minutes or until the vegetables turn into a rather soft purée.

Beat 4 eggs slightly with salt and pepper, and stir gently into the hot v