Egg and Kumara Primal Pie

Another childhood favourite of our family was egg and potato pie - so with the simple replacement of potato for kumara, we had a comforting Winter meal.
Ingredients:
3 large orange kumara
small handful of chopped ham
4 eggs
handful of grated cheese (I try to only use good quality cheddar, organic if possible)
1 tbs butter
salt & pepper

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200C
2. Peel and chop the kumara into small chunks.  Boil for 10mins or until soft enough to mash.
3. Mash up the kumara and season with a tablespoon of butter and salt and pepper to taste. Stir through the chopped ham.
4. Lightly grease an oven-proof bowl.  Add the kumara mash to the bowl and make 4 wells in the top of the mash.  I like to use a fork to 'rough' up the top of the mash, to get those lovely crispy bits.
5. Crack one egg into each well (see photograph).  Add a sprinkling of grated cheese to the top.
6. Bake in the oven for 30 mins or until the top is golden and brown and the eggs are cooked to your liking.

Before baking in the oven

The finished product.

I served this with some lovely farm raised NZ sausages. Mmmmmmm!