Spanish Comfort Food (Egg & Sausage Casserole) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/3 cup mixed sweet red and green pepper, chopped
1 celery rib, chopped
2 teaspoons fresh basil or 3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1 (7 ounce) can tomato sauce
3/4 cup canned peas and carrots, drained (14 oz can will give you left overs to use in something else or fresh Peas and Carrots, cooked)
4 -6 red potatoes, cooked,left whole if small or quartered if larger
10 ounces smoked sausage, cut in 3/4 \" pieces (Portuguese Linguica, Spanish Chorizo or sausage of your choice)
2 teaspoons hot paprika
1/4 cup white wine
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 -4 eggs (at least one egg per person)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F
Saute the onion & garlic in the vegetable oil until the Onion is translucent and the garlic is aromatic apprx 5 minutes
Add peppers & celery, cook a further 2 minutes
Add tomato sauce, sausage, potatoes & lemon juice
Sprinkle in the Paprika
Add drained peas & carrots & wine
Bring to a simmer
Transfer to a casserole dish with a lid
You may now continue to finish the dish or refrigerate it until 1 hour before serving bringing it to room temperature before placing it in the oven, If you have made this as a \"do-ahead\" allow 30 minutes at 375F to heat it to simmering
If you are continuing with the recipe without \"doing ahead\" place the casserole in the 375F oven and bring the contents to a bubbling simmer 5-10 minutes
Make a depression for each egg, crack in the eggs, cover and place back in the oven
Cook for apprx 10-15 minutes or until the eggs are done to your liking
Have one or two eggs on top of the sausage/vegetable mixture on each plate or bring the whole caaserole to the table