Baked Eggs in Spiced Tomato Sauce
A tin of tomatoes, eight eggs, and the pan goes straight to the table.
Ingredients
- Free range eggs8 ea
- Tinned chopped tomatoes800 g
- Capsicum300 g
- Brown onions200 g
- Garlic15 g
- Crusty bread loaf1 ea
- Fresh parsley20 g
- Olive oil30 ml
- Ground cumin4 g
- Smoked paprika2 g
Method
- Heat the oven to 190C and cook the sliced onion and capsicum in the oil in an ovenproof frying pan over medium heat for 12 minutes until completely soft.
- Add the crushed garlic, cumin and smoked paprika and stir for 1 minute.
- Pour in the tinned tomatoes, season well, and simmer for 12 minutes until thick enough to hold the trail of a spoon.
- Make eight hollows in the sauce and crack an egg into each one.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until the whites are just set and the yolks are still soft.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Gluten-free
- 500 g Gluten-free bread instead of Crusty bread loaf
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
Tescono items missing · £6.07 of food
£14.51
58% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Sainsbury'sBest choice· £4.82 of food
£10.80
55% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- Capsicum
Morrisons· £4.04 of food
£12.13
67% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- Capsicum
- Crusty bread loaf
Aldi UK· £4.71 of food
£13.81
66% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- Crusty bread loaf
- Ground cumin
Asda· £4.34 of food
£9.68
55% spare
No price at Asda for:
- Crusty bread loaf
- Fresh parsley
- Ground cumin
- Smoked paprika
£1.52a serve
£1.52 a serve, cheapest at Tesco
About £6.07 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£14.24 across 5 shops · all 10 items priced · £3.83 more for bigger packs, 67% spare for later
Tesco£6.07
no items missing
you'll pay £14.51 · 58% of it spare
Sainsbury'sBest choice£4.82
missing 1 item
you'll pay £10.80 · 55% of it spare
Morrisons£4.04
missing 2 items
you'll pay £12.13 · 67% of it spare
Aldi UK£4.71
missing 2 items
you'll pay £13.81 · 66% of it spare
Asda£4.34
missing 4 items
you'll pay £9.68 · 55% of it spare
Buy at Aldi UK£8.78
Free range eggs
£0.17/ea
need 8 items2 × Merevale Free Range Eggs 6 Pack 6 each£0.99
Aldi UK£0.17/ea£0.99·Sainsbury's£0.19/ea£1.90·Tesco£3.54/kg£2.85·Asda£0.24/ea£2.85·Morrisons£2.85·
OcadoN/A
Tinned chopped tomatoes
£0.43
need 800 gEveryday Essentials Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice 0.4kgclosest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Aldi UK£0.43·Asda£1.08/kg£0.43·Sainsbury's£1.13/kg£0.45·Morrisons£0.45·Tesco£1.18/kg£0.47·OcadoN/A
Garlic
~£6.50/kg
need 15 gNature's Pick Loose Garlic 1 each 60 g£0.39closest match
Aldi UK~£6.50/kg£0.39·Asda~£7.17/kg£0.43·Tesco~£8.33/kg£0.50·Sainsbury's~£8.33/kg£0.50·Morrisons£1.83·OcadoN/A
Olive oil
£5.30/L
need 30 mlSolesta Olive Oil 1 L£5.29closest match
Aldi UK£5.30/L£5.29·Asda£10.92/L£2.73·Sainsbury's£12.00/L£3.00·Morrisons£3.00·Tesco£12.40/L£3.10·OcadoN/A
Smoked paprika
£17.25/kg
need 2 gReady, Set…cook! Smoked Paprika 40 g£0.69closest match
Aldi UK£17.25/kg£0.69·Sainsbury's£21.59/kg£0.95·Tesco£20.83/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£1.30
Brown onions
£0.80/kg
need 200 gSainsbury's Onions 1 kg£0.80closest match
Sainsbury's£0.80/kg£0.80·Tesco£0.95/kg£0.11·Aldi UK£0.95·Asda~£1.68/kg£0.95·Morrisons£0.95·OcadoN/A
Fresh parsley
£16.67/kg
need 20 gSainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30 g£0.50closest match
Sainsbury's£16.67/kg£0.50·Aldi UK£16.67/kg£0.50·Morrisons£0.60·Tesco£36.00/kg£1.80·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Morrisons£1.00
Ground cumin
£1.00
need 4 gIndus Cumin Powder Ground 100 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Sainsbury's£22.09/kg£0.95·Tesco£15.00/kg£1.50·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£1.30
Crusty bread loaf
£3.25/kg
need 1 itemStandard£1.30closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Tesco£3.25/kg£1.30·Sainsbury's£3.25/kg£1.30·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Asda£1.86
Capsicum
£2.66/kg
need 300 gJUST ESSENTIALS By ASDA Cooking Peppers 700 g£1.86closest match
Asda£2.66/kg£1.86·Tesco£1.30·Aldi UK£7.16/kg£1.79·Sainsbury'sN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A