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Menemen with Feta and Warm Sourdough

Turkish soft-scrambled eggs cooked into peppers and tomatoes, finished with crumbled feta and eaten with bread.

Total
25 min
Hands on
20 min
Serves
4
Method
hob
Cuisine
Turkish

Per serving · estimated

Energy
495 kcal
Protein
24 g
Fat
32 g
Carbs
28 g
Freshly cooked Menemen with Feta and Warm Sourdough

Method

  1. Step 1 of 11

    Dice the onion and the peppers small.

    • Onion
    • Green peppers
    dice pepper
  2. Step 2 of 11

    Dice the tomatoes, keeping their juices.

    • Ripe tomatoes
    dice tomato
  3. Step 3 of 11

    Warm the olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat.

    • Olive oil
    heat oil in pan
  4. Step 4 of 11

    Cook the onion and peppers for 6 minutes until soft and glassy.

    • Onion
    • Green peppers
    6 min
    onions translucent
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  5. Step 5 of 11

    Stir in the tomato puree and chilli flakes for 1 minute.

    • Tomato puree
    • Chilli flakes
    1 min
  6. Step 6 of 11

    Add the tomatoes with salt and pepper and simmer 6 minutes until thick and jammy.

    • Ripe tomatoes
    • Salt
    • Black pepper
    6 min
    sauce thickened
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  7. Step 7 of 11

    Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl.

    • Eggs
    beat egg
  8. Step 8 of 11

    Lower the heat, pour in the eggs and draw them through the sauce in slow folds.

    • Eggs
    scramble eggs
  9. Step 9 of 11

    Cook until the eggs are just set and reach 71 °C, about 3 minutes.

    • Eggs
    71 °C / 160 °F3 minEggs and egg dishes (quiche, frittata) to 71 °C / 160 °F
    eggs softly set
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  10. Step 10 of 11

    Crumble the feta over the top and scatter with chopped parsley.

    • Feta
    • Parsley
    crumble feta
  11. Step 11 of 11

    Toast or warm the sourdough and bring it to the table with the pan.

    • Sourdough bread
    slice bread

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