Baked Spinach with Eggs

Ingredients

• •500 g spinach
• •4 eggs
• •1 onion
• •200 g pastırma, or 1 tbsp çemen (fenugreek paste)
• •250 g ground meat
• •1/2 cup grated kashar cheese
• •1/2 cup vegetable oil
• •Salt, black pepper

Preparation

1. 1

   Pick over, wash and drain the spinach. Put the spinach in a pot without adding any water and cook it briefly in its own juices until slightly softened, 3-4 minutes. Put the oil in a pan. Chop the onion into strips and lightly brown it.

2. 2

   Add the ground meat and sauté until it changes color. Add the pastırma or a spoonful of çemen to the pan. Chop the spinach and add it to the pan too.

3. 3

   Keep sautéing, stirring occasionally. Cook 3-5 more minutes.

4. 4

   Transfer to a small tray. Smooth it with a spoon. Make four wells in the spinach in the tray and crack in the eggs. Add salt and black pepper and put in the oven. Keep in the oven until the eggs are set. Take out and serve hot. If you want to add kashar cheese, sprinkle it over the eggs before baking.

5. 5

   Cook's tip: You can also make it using only çemen and 250 g ground meat. But even if you skip the meat, it's the pastırma or çemen inside that gives this dish its truly lovely flavor. Don't leave it out.

6. 6

   Children who don't like spinach will eat it with pleasure after trying this dish. You can also cook this in a pot instead of the oven.