Italian

Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce)

Name: Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 large eggs; 2 cups tomato passata; 2 garlic cloves; 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes; 4 leaves fresh basil; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 4 slices rustic bread; 1/2 tsp salt

Giulia @giulia_torino

Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce) is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Eggetarian Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 large eggs
2 cups tomato passata
2 garlic cloves
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
4 leaves fresh basil
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 slices rustic bread
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Warm the olive oil in a wide skillet and cook the garlic and red pepper flakes 1 minute.
Add the tomato passata and salt, and simmer 8 minutes until slightly thickened.
Make four small wells in the sauce and crack an egg into each.
Cover and cook until the whites are set but the yolks are still soft, about 6 minutes.
Scatter with basil and serve straight from the pan with the bread for mopping up the sauce.

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Serve it with

A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cicoria Ripassata (Sauteed Bitter Greens)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce) carries gluten and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Butternut Squash Risotto
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Affettati e Formaggio (Cold Cuts and Cheese Plate)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 210 kcal
Protein: 9 g
Carbs: 17 g
Fat: 12 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 460 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Uova in Purgatorio (Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.