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Baked Eggs on Cheesy Toast

Eggs cracked into wells of Swiss-covered sourdough and baked until the yolks just set.

Baked Eggs on Cheesy Toast, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
25 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.47

Ingredients

  • 1 sourdough loaf
  • 8 large eggs
  • 8 oz sliced swiss cheese
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 5 oz baby spinach
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 bunch green onions / scallions(optional)

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 400F. Cut four very thick slices of sourdough and butter both sides.

  2. Toast the slices on a sheet pan for 5 minutes until dry and lightly golden.

  3. Spread each with Dijon, press a handful of spinach on, and lay the Swiss over the top.

  4. Make two shallow wells in the cheese on each slice and crack an egg into each.

  5. Season with salt and pepper and bake 10 to 12 minutes until the whites are set and the yolks still soft.

  6. Scatter with sliced scallions and serve immediately.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 8 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$37.86$9.478 of 8 ingredients
United Kingdom£21.97£5.498 of 8 ingredients
Australia$53.52$13.388 of 8 ingredients
New Zealand$71.55$17.898 of 8 ingredients
Greece32,92 €8,23 €8 of 8 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٢٧٥٫١٩ ج.م.‏‏٣١٨٫٨٠ ج.م.‏8 of 8 ingredients
Canada$82.27$20.578 of 8 ingredients
Spain24,64 €6,16 €8 of 8 ingredients
Mexico$627.60$156.908 of 8 ingredients
Germany22,48 €5,62 €7 of 8 ingredients
Austria€ 37,66€ 9,427 of 8 ingredients

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