SPICY BAKED EGGS WITH OAT FLAPJACKS

This hearty breakfast menu of spicy baked eggs with oat flapjacks is just the right comfort breakfast meal for the weekend.

INGREDIENTS

For the oat flapjacks:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup Jungle Oats
• 1t sugar
• 1T baking powder
• 1t bicarbonate of soda
• 1t salt
• 1 ¼ cup buttermilk
• 4T vegetable oil
• 2 eggs

For the spicy baked eggs:

• 2T olive oil
• 4 sausages
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1t smoked paprika
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 1t sugar
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 eggs

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METHOD

To make the flapjacks:

1. Place flour, Jungle Oats, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl.
2. Whisk together buttermilk, oil and eggs in a separate bowl.
3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients then mix well to combine.
4. Heat a lightly greased frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the pan, using approximately ¼ cup for each pancake.
5. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

To make the spiced baked eggs:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Heat a pan (one that can go straight into the oven), then add the oil and brown the sausages on all sides.
3. Remove the sausages from the pan and set aside, then add the onions and sauté until translucent.
4. Add the paprika, tomatoes and sugar, then cook for 2 minutes.
5. Slice the sausages, add them to the tomato mix then season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Use a wooden spoon to make 4 gaps in the mixture then crack the eggs into the holes.
7. Place the entire pan into the oven, then bake for 8 minutes (bake for longer if you prefer your eggs more cooked).
8. Serve the baked eggs on top of the flapjacks.

(This recipes serves 4 people)