Spicy Tomato Skillet Eggs with Prosciutto
This easy recipe for eggs poached in tomato sauce packs a flavour punch, thanks to the addition of parmesan and prosciutto. It's a perfect Italian-themed brunch dish.
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Introduction
I am the busiest lazy person on the planet. I don’t even know how it’s possible to be both, but oh, I manage. I also regret every plan I’ve ever made. Did I invite you over for brunch? I’m dreading it. But luckily, I ALWAYS have the ingredients for this divine, painfully simple crowdpleaser.
Sopping up the eggy tomato sauce with focaccia *almost* makes me not regret inviting someone into my home/getting out of bed. (Oh, and by the way, if I’m calling you, be a doll and please don’t. Ever. Answer. Send me to voicemail. It is the greatest gift.)
Ingredients
| 1l | Perfect Tomato Sauce (see ingredients and method below) |
| 1 tsp | red pepper flakes, or more to taste |
| 6 | eggs |
| Flaked salt | |
| 8 | thin slices of prosciutto |
| 2 tbsp | extra virgin olive oil |
| 1 tbsp | chopped fresh oregano |
| Buttered toast, for dipping | |
| For the Perfect Tomato Sauce (makes 1.5l): | |
| 120ml | extra virgin olive oil |
| 2 | medium onions, diced |
| 4 | cloves of garlic, finely minced |
| 1.5kg | juicy, ripe Roma (plum) tomatoes, diced, or 1 large can chopped tomatoes plus 1 large can crushed tomatoes |
| 2 tbsp | chopped fresh oregano |
| 2 tbsp | chopped fresh thyme |
| 1 tbsp | chopped fresh rosemary |
| 1 tsp | flaked salt |
| ½ tsp | freshly ground black pepper |
Method
First make the Perfect Tomato Sauce.
In a 4-litre saucepan, heat the oil over a medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until translucent and beginning to turn golden, about 13 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute longer. Add the tomatoes, oregano, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens slightly, 25 to 30 minutes for fresh tomatoes, 20 to 25 minutes for canned.
The sauce is now ready to use. Time for the rest of the dish.
In a heavy 12-inch frying pan, combine the tomato sauce and red pepper flakes and cook over medium-high heat until the sauce is bubbling. Form 6 wells in the sauce and crack an egg into each well. Reduce the heat to medium, season the eggs with salt, and cook until the whites are set but the yolks are runny, 8 to 9 minutes.
Midway through the cooking, tear the prosciutto and form it into little bundles, then tuck them into the sauce all around the pan.
Drizzle everything with the olive oil, garnish with the oregano, and serve with toast.
