Serves: 2
Approx cost: €1
Approx calories (per serving): ~90
Approx preparation and cooking time: 20 mins
If you’ve never had chutney – make it, and make it now! I posted a recipe for a basic apple and tomato chutney back in November 2010 and just the other day I decided to crack open the final pot. It had aged beautifully over the last 6 months and the taste was rich, fragrant and delicious. I like my chutney with a good hint of a fruity kick and this had plenty of it. It was my wife, however, who came up with this delightful invention, and while I was skeptical at first I was soon won over. Serve it up with some bread or toast for a healthy, fast, cheap, but most of all very impressive looking breakfast, or, if you can’t face chutney in the morning it would also make an excellent supper or snack.
Ingredients
– 2 eggs
– 2 tbsps Chutney
– 1 large Tomato
You’ll also need
– 2 x small Cocottes or other similar, oven-proof dishes
Instructions
- Start off by pre-heating the oven to around 160 degrees Celsius. Next, chop the tomato quite finely and put it in a pan with the chutney. Heat the chutney and tomato mixture through until the tomato has broken down and some of the liquid has evaporated away.
- Transfer the tomato and chutney mix into the two Cocottes. Set aside and then crack an egg onto the top of each dish.
- Place into the oven and cook until the egg-white is solid and white before removing and serving up with your accompaniment of choice (bread or toasted bread is awesome) and enjoy!
Wow, I want that now for breakfast. I love your pictures. This one’s definitely a winner.
Thanks Greg – I really didn’t think chutney would make a good breakfast but it’s surprisingly good!
You must have some good knives – those tomatoes look awesome! 😉 I’d be all over chutney at breakast. The egg over the top has me a little nervous, but if you were sold…I think I would give it a shot. Now I have to go check out your chutney post. 🙂
Thanks Kristy – the knives I got were given to me by my wife for a Christmas present. She did some research and found ones which had a good reputation and bought me this box-set. I’ve never used a “Global”-brand knife, so I don’t know if they live up to the hype they’re given, but these are really good. Good weight and balance, and combined with a good steel I can keep them super sharp 🙂
The egg was awesome – runny yolk and slightly chewy, delicious white.
That chutney does look absolutely lovely! Did you make it yourself?
What a fabulous breakfast!!
Thanks a lot – I see you found my chutney recipe 🙂 Let me know if you're able to give it a try!
This looks like a great breakfast Charles. I have the same little Le Creuset pots, but mine are blue! I just LOVE using them.