sunday eggday

this is how it has gone for a while now: i wake up groggily of a sunday morn to a view of snow-capped rooftops and a man dressed in running reds. i mumble something about beauty sleep and fall back into it, only to be awoken what seems like moments later by a sweaty drippy man in running reds. having done nothing to earn it, i then happily partake of our other sunday morning ritual – eggy breakfast. today it was pitched somewhere near the med, owing to the leftover haloumi from last night's feast. together with a toasted loaf of walnut bread, it played the perfect buddy to baked eggs with spinach and tomatoes, which went like this:

wash four handfuls of baby spinach, shake it off and wilt it in a covered pan over high heat for a minute or two. throw it in an oven-proof dish and wipe the pan. halve 10 cherry tomatoes and toss them in a teaspoon of brown sugar. grill them cut-side-down on a hot pan until they caramelise and then throw them in with the spinach. make 4 wells in the spinach-y mess and crack an egg into each one. bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 10 minutes, or until the whites are set. turn off the oven and leave the door open a little while you get the pan hot again. fry 6 haloumi slices in olive oil until golden on both sides. sprinkle both eggs and cheese with sumac and pul biber and drizzle eggs with olive oil.