Baked Eggs with Spiced Tomato, Spinach & Feta

Ingredients

• 4eggs
• 250 gcherry tomatoes
• 100 gspinach — fresh
• 75 gfeta
• 1red onion — small
• 1 clovegarlic
• 1 tbspolive oil
• 1 tsptomato paste
• ½ tspsmoked paprika powder
• ¼ tspground cumin
• ¼ tspchilli flakes
• ¼ tspsea salt — fine
• ¼ tspblack pepper — freshly ground
• 4 slicessourdough bread

Method

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 200 °C.

2. 2

   Peel the red onion and slice it into thin half-rings. Peel the garlic and chop finely. Halve the cherry tomatoes.

3. 3

   Heat the olive oil in an oven-safe frying pan and fry the red onion for about 3 minutes over medium heat.

4. 4

   Add the garlic, tomato paste, smoked paprika powder, cumin, and chilli flakes. Fry for about 30 seconds.

5. 5

   Add the cherry tomatoes and fry for 4–5 minutes, until they soften and become juicier but still partially retain their shape.

6. 6

   Add the spinach in batches and let it wilt. Season the mixture with sea salt and black pepper.

7. 7

   Make four wells among the vegetables and crack an egg into each well.

8. 8

   Crumble the feta between and around the eggs.

9. 9

   Place the pan in the oven for 6–8 minutes, until the egg whites are just set and the yolks are still soft.

10. 10

    Meanwhile, toast the four slices of sourdough bread until golden brown.

11. 11

    Remove the pan from the oven and serve the baked eggs immediately with the crispy sourdough bread.