Eggs Poached In Marinara Sauce

Eggs Poached in Marinara Sauce

Adapted from NYTCooking

Ingredients

Serves 1

½ cup marinara sauce (make your own marinara with this recipe)

Pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)

A couple of leaves of basil, slivered

2 large eggs

Fine grain salt

Freshly ground pepper

Grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Bring the marinara sauce to a simmer over low heat in a small saucepan or a small cast-iron skillet. Add the cayenne, if desired, and the slivered basil and give a good stir..

Break one egg into a teacup, with a spoon make a well in the marinara, and carefully tip the egg into the tomato sauce. Repeat with the remaining egg.

Cover the pan and simmer over low heat for 3 to 4 minutes, until the tops of the whites are set but the yellow yolk shows through (the yolk should be runny, that’s key!)

Turn off the heat. Season the egg to taste and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.