Pesto fried eggs recipe

Frying eggs in pesto is so delicious, extra flavour for no extra effort

Take your weekend breakfast up a notch with these pesto-fried eggs. The hot pesto provides all the oil you need for frying the eggs and adds an incredible lift to the flavour. This is an easy but impressive breakfast when you want to start the day with something special.

Pesto fried eggs recipe

Serves two

Ingredients

2 tbsp basil pesto

2 free-range eggs

Salt and pepper

Chilli flakes

2 slices sourdough, toasted

2 tbsp ricotta

1 avocado

Handful of mini leaf basil

Method

1. In a large non-stick frying pan heat pesto over medium heat and spread it out. Crack the eggs in and fry until cooked to your liking. Remove from heat.
2. Mash the avocado with some salt and pepper. Slather sourdough toast in ricotta and spread the mashed avocado over the top.
3. Slide the pesto eggs onto the toast and scatter with mini-leaf basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and add a light sprinkle of chilli flakes for some extra zing.