Ham sauce for noodles

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This sounds really lame as a recipe. It's not! It's brillaint. I only made it so I could photograph it but we've now had this twice in one week, it's so good. It's a good recipe to use up odd fridge left-overs too.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons groundnut oil
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 100g (4 oz) ham, cubed
• 250 ml (8 fl oz) chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3 spring onions, chopped on the diagonal
• 1 beaten egg

Method

Bubbling in the pan

1. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion, celery and ham for 2 minutes
2. Add the stock and bring back to the boil
3. Cover and simmer for 3 minutes
4. On a saucer, mix the cornflour and water and stir to a smooth paste
5. Pour into the sauce, stirring continuously until it thickens
6. Beat the egg and mix into the sauce, stirring until it cooks
7. Remove from heat and serve, sprinkled with chopped spring onions

Serving suggestions

Pour over egg noodles