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Name: Eggs in tomato shells
Prep time: 42 min
Cook time: 21 min
Total time: 1 h 3 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 4 tomatoes; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 4 teaspoons Caramelized Onions; 4 eggs; fine (or table) salt; pepper

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Eggs in tomato shells

This is a novel way of cooking eggs: in tomato "shells" or egg-cups!

For extra flavour, we'll put a spoonful of caramelized onions in the tomato first.

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Last modified on: October 11^th 2015

For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 tomatoes
2 1 tablespoon olive oil
3 4 teaspoons Caramelized Onions
4 4 eggs
5 fine (or table) salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 675 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
12 min.	30 min.	21 min.	1 hour 3 min.

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Should be eaten immediately.

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Stage 1

7 min.

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Prepare the tomatoes

Peel 4 tomatoes (choose fairly large ones). Slice off the top and scoop the flesh and seeds out of each tomato. You should end up with hollow tomatoes that will be able to hold the eggs.

Stage 2

30 min.

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Sprinkle the insides of the tomatoes with fine salt and stand them upside down on a wire rack.

Leave for at least 30 minutes for some of the juices to drain off.

Stage 3

1 min.

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Coat the outside of the tomatoes with olive oil, using a brush, then salt them.

Stage 4

2 min.

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Fill the tomatoes

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Sit each tomato in a ramekin (to stop them splitting during cooking), then put a teaspoonful of caramelized onions in the bottom of each one.

Stage 5

2 min.

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Pour an egg white into each tomato. Keep the yolks separate.

Stage 6

20 min.

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Cook the egg whites

Bake the egg whites in the tomatoes for about 20 minutes until set.

Stage 7

1 min.

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Cook the egg yolks

Gently place an egg yolk onto the top of each tomato, salt and pepper, then return to the oven for 1 minute - just enough to heat the yolk through, not cook it (this is important).

Stage 8

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Serve immediately.

Remarks

To bring out the flavour of the tomatoes, cook them empty in the oven for 20 minutes before adding the egg whites.

To make the eggs look more attractive, brush the yolk with olive oil just before serving to give it a really appetising gloss.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.38 €
Per person : 0.60 €

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Source

Home made.

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