An Egg on the Ritz

INGREDIENTS

• 2hard-boiled eggs
• 3tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 2drops Tabasco sauce (I use 3 drops, but is purely optional, but good!)
• 12Ritz crackers
• ¹⁄₈teaspoon kosher salt
• ¹⁄₈teaspoon pepper (course grind)
• 1dried leaf basil (sliced) (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Slice hard cooked eggs evenly.

Stir together ketchup and Tabasco sauce.

Place slice egg on top of Ritz, add a small dollop of ketchup-Tabasco sauce to top. Garnish with a fresh basil leave, sliced.

Hard-boiled egg method – place the eggs in a pot and cover with cold water by a 1/2-inch. Bring water to a very gentle boil. Turn off the heat, cover, and let sit for exactly (in pot) 12 minutes. After the time has passed place cooked eggs in a bowl of ice, and ice water until ready for use. Peel shell under cold water.