Baked eggs with spinach, Gruyère and tomatoes
, Updated May 21, 2025
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I am having a bit of a crazy time work-wise. It always happens around this time each year – the London Book Fair is a mere month away and in the publishing business this basically means that everyone goes a little bit crazy preparing for it.
This leaves very little time for blogging or even just plain cooking. Which is where these baked eggs come in. This is THE recipe for when you are in a hurry, starving and facing a pretty bare fridge. Easy, delicious, cheap and filling. Thumbs up all the way.
Feel free to vary the ingredients according to taste and what you have available. This recipe can easily be adapted for the Slimming World plan.
Cheesy Baked Eggs
Cheesy Baked Eggs make a wonderful breakfast or light lunch.
Ingredients
- Handful fresh spinach , roughly chopped
- 1 slice pancetta or bacon (optional)
- Handful cherry tomatoes , halved
- 2 large eggs
- 50 g | 1/2 cup finely grated Gruyere (or substitute with cheese of choice)
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- Splash Worcestershire sauce
- 2-3 tbsp double cream
- Salt and pepper to season
- Butter to grease
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190C | 375F. Grease a small ovenproof dish (or double recipe and use a larger dish) with butter.
- Scatter the chopped spinach and pancetta on the bottom of the dish.
- Make two wells in the spinach and place the eggs in them carefully to preserve the yolks.
- Arrange the tomatoes around the eggs.
- Mix the grated cheese with the double cream, mustard and Worcestershire sauce and spoon over the top of the dish. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes - longer if you prefer the yolks to set.
- Serve with toasted, buttered bread - yum!
Nutrition
Calories: 414kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 398mg | Sodium: 698mg | Potassium: 311mg | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 949IU | Calcium: 628mg | Iron: 2mg
Nutritional information is always approximate, and will depend on quality of ingredients and serving sizes.
Definitely going to try this for breakfast one weekend, it looks so filling.
Spinach is a favourite of mine because of it's health benefits but icing on the cake for this one is that it's perfect for single servings as I live alone.
Very tasty looking 🙂
Sounds like a perfect lunch.
I love making individual pies or potions, it is a lovely way to serve food. Like the sound of this bake.
A Perfect Brunch
It looks good, it will fill you up but it also quite healthy too
Looks like a great breakfast.
I tried it yesterday for our late breakfast. I must say that kids hated it but my husband and I fell in love with the dish. absolutely delicious!
Looks delish although I'd love this for dinner as not a morning fan