Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
• ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 6 ounces Spanish cured ham, diced into ¼ inch dice
• 1 cup water
• 6 eggs
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 3 slices day old French bread for croutons
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Add the oil to a skillet and heat, once hot put in the sliced garlic, before it colors add in the diced ham with the bread and cook for 2-4 minutes.
2. Now put in the paprika, salt and water, allow this to simmer for 10 minutes.
3. To cook the eggs gently crack them in the hot soup one by one.
4. Once they are cooked take out the eggs one by one and place in the base of the soup dishes.
5. Next ladle over the soup into each, and dish up.