Dinner · 25 min · Amounts not specified
Baked feta eggs
The block of feta and a tin of tomatoes. Push the cheese in whole so you get molten pockets, and pull the eggs while the yolks still move.
The sheet · 2 plates · 25 min
easyWhy tonight. The block of feta and a tin of tomatoes. Push the cheese in whole so you get molten pockets, and pull the eggs while the yolks still move.
What it needs
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- feta
- eggs
- tomato
- olive oil
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: garlic.
Method
- Tomatoes cooked down in olive oil until they collapse and the pan smells sweet rather than sharp. Ten minutes at least.
- Feta pushed down into the sauce in big pieces, not crumbled. You want molten pockets, not a uniform pink sauce.
- Wells made with a spoon, eggs cracked into them, lid on, low heat.
- Pull it when the whites are just set and the yolks still move. They keep cooking in the hot pan for another minute after the heat is off.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- feta
- Salt and tang in crumbles, so it seasons while it garnishes.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- tomato
- Sweet, sour and savory at once, which is why it holds up so many dishes with no meat in them.
- olive oil
- Two ingredients sharing a name.
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