eggs in purgatory

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eggs in purgatory

Name: eggs in purgatory
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 Porções
Ingredients: 3 unit(s) Eggs; 4 unit(s) Italian Tomatoes; 1 unit(s) Onion; 2 unit(s) Garlic; to taste Chives; to taste Olive oil; to taste Salt and pepper

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30 min(s)

2 servings

Leo Santos

@leomchef

Ingredients
Recipe

Eggs3 unit(s)
Italian Tomatoes4 unit(s)
Onion1 unit(s)
Garlic2 unit(s)
Chives to taste
Olive oil to taste
Salt and pepper to taste

Chop the onion, garlic and tomato in brunoise
In a heated pan with a drizzle of oil, add the onions, then add the garlic, then the tomatoes.
Season with salt and pepper, cover the pan and let it simmer until the tomatoes break down.
When the tomatoes have a sauce texture, add the eggs carefully so that the yolks do not burst, cover the pan and turn off the heat, season the eggs with salt and serve immediately.

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Recipe for Eggs in Purgatory by ex-Masterchef Leo Santos

In addition to being a very practical and quick recipe to prepare, with few ingredients that we usually have at home, the eggs in purgatory are prepared here at Delirec by super chef Leo Santos, a participant in no less than Masterchef! A very talented cook, lover of gastronomy, who prepares incredible dishes and you can find various other low carb recipes that are certainly divine on his page here!

Eggs in purgatory: a dish known in all corners of the world

The eggs in purgatory recipe is prepared worldwide, did you know? It's the kind of dish that we can say, "Wow, it's universal!"

In some countries, the ingredients change due to one detail or another, and the seasoning may end up being different, cheese may be used in the mixture or sprinkled at the end, but the base and essence of the eggs in purgatory is maintained.

There are also those who recognize this delicious dish as poached eggs in tomato sauce, a more "chic", refined name for this meal that goes very well with breakfast and even as a snack!

Depending on the cook who is preparing the eggs in purgatory recipe, the eggs will be fried and not cooked in the sauce as we saw in the preparation method above. But, regardless of that, an option that is always used to serve with, is with a tortilla or toast.

In the Middle East, the eggs in purgatory are usually called "Shakshuka". In Turkey, you will hear about them as "Menemen". And it's not over: the Italians also give a different name: "Uova in purgatorio" and there are many other names that we can see around!