eggs in purgatory

One day, when I have my very own wall, I will have 'I believe' and 'we are made out of stars you and I' written prominently so I can be constantly reminded. On the food front I happen to be devouring a chicken curry with a baked egg perched on top.  I'm quite fixated on eggs accompanying spicy dishes. Here's an all time favourite by Bill Granger...

EGGS IN PURGATORY
Serves 4
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 red onion sliced
70g cubed pancetta
400g can chopped tomatoes
175g tub puglian artichoke hearts
4 eggs
a pinch crushed dried chillies (or much more in my case)
2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
Put a large frying pan on a medium-high heat.  Add olive oil, onion slices and pancetta and cook for about 8-10 minutes, until the onion is lightly coloured and the pancetta browned.
Add tamatoes, season, then cook for 15 minutes until slightly reduced.  Add the artichoke hearts and, once heated through, break in the eggs.  Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes or pop under the grill.  Sprinkle with the dried chilli and parsley and serve.


In the end, I've come to believe in something I call "The Physics of the Quest." A force in nature governed by laws as real as the laws of gravity. The rule of Quest Physics goes something like this: If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments, and set out on a truth-seeking journey, either externally or internally, and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher and if you are prepared, most of all, to face and forgive some very difficult realities about yourself, then the truth will not be withheld from you. Elizabeth Gilbert.