Italian Baked Eggs: A simple dish full of flavor
Ingredients
- Egg6
- Tomato500 g
- Cheese · smoked, grated250 g + 2 tbsp
- Extra virgin olive oil2 tbsp
- Chili pepper · dried1
- Basilto taste
- Saltto taste
Instructions
- Mix the tomato purée with the extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt.
- Tear some fresh basil leaves by hand and add them to the sauce with the chopped dried chili.
- Cut the scamorza into even cubes.
- Pour the sauce into a baking dish and spread it evenly.
- Scatter the scamorza cubes over the sauce.
- Crack the eggs one at a time into the dish, keeping them slightly apart.
- Season the yolks with a pinch of salt, then add the grated cheese and a few more basil leaves.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 15 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake for another 15–20 minutes, until the whites are set and the cheese has melted.
Summarized from Cookist Wow's video. Watch it for the details.
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