Depome's Eggs en Cocotte with Tomato Sauce

[Thermomixer]

Depome posted this great recipe in another thread - but it deserves to be a topic of its own.

Wow, sounds yummy. I only know eggs en cocotte with a tomato sauce, which I really love (for the tabasco I think   ) so I'll share it as another alternative for anyone who loves a cooked breakfast, like us   


Recipe is essentially all from A Commonsense Guide to Healthy Cooking, by Murdoch Books.

1/4 - 1/2 supermarket sized bunch of fresh chives to make 2 tbsp when chopped -DO THIS BY HAND
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
3 vine-ripened tomatoes (about 300g) supposedly peeled and seeded - pft! I use one can whole roma tomatoes

1/2 tsp olive oil
4 eggs
Tabasco sauce, to taste
4 slices thick multigrain bread
butter


Place into TM bowl the garlic and chop, before scraping down sides, adding olive oil and sauteeing for 1 minute on 100 degrees and sp 1.  Add chopped chives.
Add tomatoes to the garlic/oil, season with salt and pepper, and cook at 100 degrees for 15 mins on sp 1-2. Sauce needs to thicken so you may need to reduce temp to 90 degrees and remove the MC for the last few minutes.

Grease 4 ramekins with the 1/2 tsp olive oil, then crack an egg in to each one, trying not to break the yolk. Pour sauce around the egg yolk so that it is still visible. Add a little Tabasco to each ramekin, then sprinkle with some of the chopped chives, and season again.

Place the ramekins into the container of Varoma.

Position the Varoma and cook for 10 minutes at Varorna temperature on Speed 1.. Serve with chunky toasted bread spread with butter

I love these really simple tomato sauces that have just one ingredient to turn them around completely, e.g. some Tabasco, or simmering with a whole chilli that has been top and tailed, but is removed prior to serving.

Forgot to point out and praise that it's easy to add Tabasco to taste for the adult portions, but keep the sauce plain and simple for the children, which I'm about to do 

[Depome]

Needs modifying!

DON'T try to chop the chives in the TMX. *IF you get them chopped at all after 60 seconds on speed 10, they will be bruised and smell plant-like rather than chopped and chive-like Stick to hand chopping them

I'm *just* cooking mine right now - the first time I've used the varoma 

[Thermomixer]

Good to see you using the Varoma  - modified the recipe

[Depome]

Ok, just had a lovely breakfast 
I cooked the eggs for 12 minutes, having added 500ml of BOILING water to the TMX to begin. The yolks weren't hard, but they were a little set. I think with hindsight that 10 minutes would've been enough for us, but still using boiling water. I'm not afraid of undercooked eggs, but my girls go for egg far more than they do for tomato, so they need to be able to see white stuff I also think that the olive oil does a lot for the flavour of this sauce (I hate olives but the oil is good when cooked I reckon).

Before:



After:



Yum:



Yum again, minus Tabasco and chives:

[Thermomixer]

Good work - pics are great  - great to have the taste-testers working too.

[bigTcup]

Made this for breaky this morning - yumm! Only change will be to let the tomatoes reduce for a bit longer next time.

[judydawn]

This is on my menu for a quick meal this week but I will use my home made worcestershire sauce instead of tabasco.

[bigTcup]

Hey Judy, is your recipe for home made Worcestershire sauce on the forum?  Would love t try it out 

[judydawn]

bigTcup, it is not my recipe but was posted by Thermoconvert.

http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=2314.0

[bigTcup]

Thanks Judy, will try that one soon   

[judydawn]

Been out all day so this was a nice, light tea for us. I used 4 fresh roma tomatoes and cooked the sauce on varoma temp/speed 3 with MC off for around 13 minutes - lovely and thick. Placed 2 eggs into larger ramekins, scattered the sauce around and drizzed my forum worcestershire sauce over the eggs. 500mls boiling water into the bowl and steamed the eggs for 9 minutes/varoma temp/speed 3. DH had no idea what it was that I was putting in front of him but he did enjoy them so I will definitely do these again - thanks Depome.

[Thermomixer]

Losing it !!!! They look great JD - I love eggs done this way. 

[Tebasile]

Wow ! This looks amazing Depome and Judy 

[cookie1]

Awesome.

[Winn]

Just had this for a light lunch for myself.  Really enjoyed and will be on the menu quite often.  Did use a tin of tomatoes so cooked a little while longer to thicken as previously advised.  Was going to freeze surplus sauce in ice cubes tray so I could just take out 2 or 3 cubes  per egg but no room in freezer.  Will use remaining sauce for a pizza or with some pasta and a tablespoon reserved  to go with steamed fish.   Thank you Depome .