Fried Eggs in Potato Baskets (in the Oven)

If you have a little more time in the morning than usual, surprise your family with such an unusual breakfast of potatoes and eggs. Boil the potatoes, grate them, put them in tins in the form of baskets, into which we drive eggs, and bake all this in the oven. You won’t have to call anyone to the table, the spectacular look of scrambled eggs in potato baskets will do it for you!

Servings: 3

Ingredients

• Potatoes – 400 g (3 pcs.)
• Eggs C3 – 6 pcs.
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper – to taste
• Vegetable or butter oil (for lubricating molds) – 40 g

Directions

1. Pour potato tubers in a saucepan with cold water, add salt, put on high heat, and bring the water to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook potatoes until they are almost cooked through (about 20 minutes). The potatoes should not be boiled, otherwise, it will be difficult to grate them. After cooking, remove the potatoes from the broth and cool completely. Peel the cooled potatoes and rub them on a coarse grater.
2. Preparing a cake pan – grease it with vegetable or butter.
   We spread 3-4 tablespoon in each cell. tablespoons of grated potatoes and form baskets with your fingers. The indentation for the eggs is more crunchy, you do not need to tamp the potatoes so that after baking the potatoes are crisper, you do not need to tamp them too much. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. The form can be sent to the oven at this stage and the baskets can be baked for about 15 minutes so that the potatoes are well browned. If you don’t have time, or if you like mashed potatoes more than well-fried potatoes, then go straight to the next step.
3. Drive one egg into the potato baskets. If you have large eggs, after breaking, separate the whites into a separate container, and put the yolks in baskets. Then add the required amount of egg white. If a large egg is immediately driven into the whole potato baskets, then the protein will come out of the cells.

   

4. Cooking scrambled eggs in potato baskets in the oven at 200 degrees until the desired degree of yolk readiness (5-7 minutes – if you like a liquid yolk, 10-12 minutes – until the yolks fully set).
5. After baking, let the dish cool slightly in the form, and then remove it on a plate. Serve scrambled eggs in potato baskets with fresh vegetables, herbs, and bread, fresh or dried in a pan or toaster.
   Such a sunny breakfast cheers up and satisfies perfectly.