Uncooked Tomato and Mint Sauce with Poached Eggs
- 6 ripe plum tomatoes (about 1 pound)
- 2 plump garlic cloves, peeled, halved, green shoots removed
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, lightly packed.
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 to 6 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vinegar (any type)
- 4 to 6 corn tortillas
- Feta cheese for crumbling (optional)
- Cut tomatoes in half lengthwise.
- Place a box grater in a wide bowl, and using the large holes of the grater, grate tomatoes by rubbing the cut side against the grater, with the skin side cupped in your hand.
- When you feel the holes of the grater against the inside of the tomato skin, you are done.
- Turn on a food processor fitted with a steel blade and drop in the garlic.
- When it is chopped and adhering to the sides of the bowl, stop the machine and scrape down the sides with a spatula.
- Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, mint and olive oil.
- Process in the machine for 1-2 minutes, until sauce is frothy.
- Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Poach eggs.
- Fill a lidded frying pan with water and bring to a boil.
- Set timer for 4 minutes.
- Add 1 tablespoon vinegar.
- One at a time, break eggs into a teacup, then tip from teacup into pan (do this 2 at a time).
- Immediately turn off heat and cover pan tightly.
- Leave for 4 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon or spatula, carefully remove poached eggs.
- Set on a towel to drain.
- While eggs are poaching, heat tortillas by placing them one at a time directly over the flame, until the edges are charred.
- If you dont have a gas stove, wrap in foil and heat for 10 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
- Place a tortilla on each plate and top with a poached egg.
- Spoon 3 tablespoons of the sauce over the eggs and serve.
tomatoes, garlic, salt, mint, extra virgin olive oil, eggs, vinegar, corn tortillas, crumbling
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016686 (may not work)