Baked eggs are so easy, I mean you can make them with your eyes closed/barely peeled open on a Saturday morning! You can throw them together in 5 minutes flat – no exaggeration, and they taste like you’ve slaved away to make this amazing brunch! There are so many variations of this dish floating around – every country seems to have it’s own version with different ingredients and spices. I knew that Italian style would be the way to go for us because we love the flavors of Italian food.
I wanted to keep my version of the eggs super simple – just assemble and bake! Maybe down the road we’ll do one with roasted veggies or something along those lines, but life is complicated enough for now! Since I don’t bake as much as I used to, these eggs came along just in time to save me from plain old scrambled eggs, (my go-to choice for an easy breakfast).
You can bake your eggs in a number of different sized dishes. I’ve tried ramekins and a pie plate, and both worked really well. I also made these with my Simple Marinara Sauce – the better your sauce is the better your eggs are going to be! I always make really big batches of this sauce and freeze it to have on hand for occasions like this.
For the ramekins:
Place 2 tablespoons of marinara sauce in each of the 4 ounce ramekins, place one egg in each, and then divide the cheese equally between them. You can also double this if you have bigger ramekins placing 4 tablespoons of marinara in each, along with 2 eggs, and the cheese.
For the pie plate:
Place 3/4 cup marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9″ pie plate and top with 6 eggs and 3 ounces of mozzarella. This makes a bigger serving for two with 3 eggs per person. You can make 2 pie plates to serve 4-6 people for breakfast.
This way, you have a ratio to work with in case your having more or less to breakfast. For instance, even though it’s just the two of us, we’ll make a 9″ pie plate with 6 eggs because we like a big breakfast before we go hiking. If I’m serving multiple things for breakfast, the ramekins are the way to go with only 1 egg each!
For the fresh basil slivers:
Stack the basil leaves together and roll them up tightly. Using a sharp knife , slice across making thin ribbons of basil.
As the eggs bake, the sauce bubbles up from underneath to mix with the cheese, creating a creamy sauce surrounding the egg. I prefer to take my eggs out with the yolk runny because it adds to the delicious sauciness! Happy weekend breakfasting!
What’s your go-to recipe for a nice leisurely weekend breakfast?
- Recipe for 4 - 4 ounce ramekins:
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce
- 4 eggs
- 2 ounces fresh mozzarella, or 2 ounces grated mozzarella
- salt and pepper to taste
- fresh basil, thinly sliced
- Recipe for 1 - 9 ″ pie plate:
- 3/4 cup marinara sauce
- 6 eggs
- 3 ounces fresh mozzarella, or 3 ounces grated mozzarella
- salt and pepper to taste
- fresh basil, thinly sliced
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- For the ramekins, spoon 2 Tablespoon of sauce into each container. Top with 1 egg in each of the 4 ramekins.
- Tear the fresh mozzarella into small pieces and divide it evenly over the top of the eggs.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the desired doneness is reached.
- For the pie plate, spread the marinara evenly over the bottom.
- Crack the eggs, and place them over the surface of the sauce.
- Top with the cheese, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and bake for about 15 minutes or until desired doneness is reached.
- Serve immediately.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Recipe for 4 - 4 ounce ramekins:
1/2 cup marinara sauce
4 eggs
2 ounces fresh mozzarella, or 2 ounces grated mozzarella
salt and pepper to taste
fresh basil, thinly sliced
Recipe for 1 - 9 ″ pie plate:
3/4 cup marinara sauce
6 eggs
3 ounces fresh mozzarella, or 3 ounces grated mozzarella
salt and pepper to taste
fresh basil, thinly sliced
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- For the ramekins, spoon 2 Tablespoon of sauce into each container. Top with 1 egg in each of the 4 ramekins.
- Tear the fresh mozzarella into small pieces and divide it evenly over the top of the eggs.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the desired doneness is reached.
- For the pie plate, spread the marinara evenly over the bottom.
- Crack the eggs, and place them over the surface of the sauce.
- Top with the cheese, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and bake for about 15 minutes or until desired doneness is reached.
- Serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
Find it online : https://getinspiredeveryday.com/food/saucy-italian-baked-eggs/
