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Mish-mash
Scrambled eggs with peppers and cheese
Bulgarian scrambled eggs with roasted peppers, tomato and sirene
Mish-mash is the quick summer supper of Bulgaria, cooked in every home from Sofia flats to Black Sea holiday villas once the peppers and tomatoes are cheap and ripe. Roasted peppers, onion and tomato are fried down, then sirene and beaten eggs are stirred through until soft and creamy, finished with parsley. The crumbled white brined cheese melting into the eggs is what makes it Bulgarian rather than Turkish menemen. It is eaten straight from the pan with fresh bread, often with a glass of cold beer. Chef's tip: cook the eggs gently and take them off while still a little wet; overcooking is the common mistake, and they turn rubbery and weep water.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 onionchopped
- 3 roasted red pepperspeeled, cut into strips
- 2 ripe tomatoesgrated, skins discarded
- 4 oz sirene or fetacrumbled; white brined cheese made with vegetarian (microbial) rennet
- 4 eggslightly beaten
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsleychopped
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook 1 onion until soft and golden at the edges.
5 minStep 2: Add 3 roasted red peppers and 2 ripe tomatoes and cook, stirring, until the tomato juice has mostly evaporated and the mixture is jammy.
6 minStep 3: Stir in 4 oz sirene or feta and let it start to soften, then lower the heat and pour in 4 eggs.
1 minStep 4: Stir slowly with a spatula until the eggs are just set in soft, creamy curds. Take off the heat, season with ¼ tsp black pepper (the cheese is salty enough) and scatter with 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley.
3 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 15 g
- Fat
- 29 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does mish-mash take?
- About 25 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of roasted red peppers?
- Any colour of bell pepper, same amount.
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