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Greek · Breakfast

Tomato-Poached Eggs with Fried Potato Skins

Eggs set gently in a thick, pulpy fresh tomato and basil sauce, served with crisp fried potato peelings dusted with oregano and hard sheep's-milk cheese, a lighter take on Greek fried potatoes.

  • YieldServes 2
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total1 h 9 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Tomato sauce

  • 3ripe tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped
  • 1 clovesmall garlic, smashed
  • 2 tbspfresh basil, chopped
  • 2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
  • to tastefine sea salt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Potato skins

  • 3large russet potatoes, scrubbed; skins peeled off in long spirals, flesh kept for another use
  • to tasteolive oil, for frying, enough for about 1.25 cm depth in the pan
  • to tastekosher salt
  • 1 tspdried oregano, a scant teaspoon
  • 2 tbspkefalotyri or other hard yellow sheep's milk cheese, grated
  • 4large eggs

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Mediterranean

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Basil
  • Oregano
  • Black and white pepper
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Food processor

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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