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Pisto con huevos

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Pisto con huevos

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A Spanish ratatouille of slow-cooked peppers, courgettes, aubergine, and tomatoes, finished with eggs poached directly in the sauce and scattered with fresh parsley.

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  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Spanish
Total
1 hr 20 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
1 hr
Serves
4 servings
Level
Easy
Energy
280 kcal

Method6 steps · about 1 hr 20 min

  1. Step 1: Peel and finely chop both onions (2). Heat all the olive oil (2 tbsp) in a large flameproof casserole or cast-iron skillet over low heat. Add all the onion and a light sprinkle of onion salt, cover and cook gently for fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened.

    Soften covered onion gently · 15 minUses 2 tbsp olive oil · 2 onions, finely chopped in step 1 · Salt to lightly season onion, as needed

  2. Step 2: Peel and finely chop all four garlic cloves. Add them to the actual softened onions and cook for two more minutes.

    Cook chopped garlic with softened onion · 2 minUses The complete cooked onion pan · 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped in step 2

  3. Step 3: Wash and deseed all five sweet bell peppers and cut into chunks. Stir all of them into the actual aromatic pan, cover and cook over medium heat for about five minutes, stirring occasionally, until just tender.

    Soften covered bell pepper chunks · 5 minUses The complete aromatic pan · 5 mixed sweet bell peppers, cut into chunks in step 3

  4. Step 4: Wash the thyme and pick its leaves, discarding woody stems. Wash and cut the courgettes (2) and aubergine (1) into chunks. Stir all the dried oregano (1 heaped tsp), thyme leaves and four bay leaves into the actual pepper pan with black pepper and a little extra salt only if needed. Add all the courgette and aubergine, combine, cover and cook over medium heat for ten minutes, stirring as needed.

    Cook covered courgette and aubergine · 10 minUses The complete cooked vegetable base · 1 heaped tsp dried oregano · A few fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked in step 4 · 4 bay leaves · 2 courgettes, cut into chunks in step 4 · 1 aubergine, cut into chunks in step 4 · Black pepper for vegetable seasoning, to taste · Extra salt for vegetable seasoning, only if needed

  5. Step 5: Wash and roughly chop all four tomatoes. Stir them into the actual vegetable pan, cover and cook for twenty minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender and a sauce forms.

    Simmer mixed vegetables with tomatoes · 20 minUses All actual herbed vegetables · 4 large tomatoes, roughly chopped in step 5

  6. Step 6: Remove all four bay leaves from the actual cooked pisto. Make four spaces and carefully crack one egg into each without breaking the yolks. Cook over medium heat for five to six minutes, continuing as needed until whites and yolks are set and cooked through. Wash and roughly chop the parsley (½ small pack) leaves, scatter them over the actual egg-topped pisto and serve as four portions.

    Cook eggs in pisto until whites and yolks are set · 6 minUses The complete actual vegetable sauce · 4 large eggs · ½ small pack fresh parsley, leaves roughly chopped in step 6

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