Tomato, Melting Mozzarella & Spinach Eggs
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Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Cherry tomato passata is bubbled with cannellini beans, spinach and herbs, making the perfect sauce for simmering fresh organic eggs, topped with melty mozzarella.
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498 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • A handful of rosemary, leaves only
  • 300g spinach
  • 400g tin of cannellini beans
  • 330ml cherry tomato passata
  • 4 eggs
  • 125g mozzarella
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 100ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Shallow casserole dish or deep frying pan
  • Measuring jug
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Peel and thinly slice the onion. Peel the garlic cloves and thinly slice them. Pick the rosemary leaves off their sprigs and roughly chop the leaves. Trim any tough stalks off the spinach leaves and discard them. Roughly chop the spinach leaves.

  • 2.

    Add 1 tsp oil to a shallow casserole dish or deep frying pan and warm to a medium heat. Slide in the chopped onion, rosemary and garlic with a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry for 5-6 mins to soften.

  • 3.

    Drain the cannellini beans and rinse with cold water. Add the beans to the pan. Pour in the cherry tomato passata along with 100ml boiling water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 mins.

  • 4.

    Stir the chopped spinach leaves into the pan. Continue to simmer for 5 mins, till the leaves wilt.

  • 5.

    Make 4 gaps in the tomato and spinach, and break an egg into each. Tear the mozzarella over the top of the eggs and sauce.

  • 6.

    Pop a lid on the pan and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 15-20 mins, till the eggs are just set. Scoop the eggs, cheese and sauce into warm bowls and serve.

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