Middle Eastern eggs with merguez and pistachios

Middle Eastern eggs with merguez and pistachios

Middle Eastern eggs with merguez & pistachios

Bring some bold flavours into this brunch for two with harissa, sumac and pistachios - swap for chipolatas or chorizo if you prefer

  • Serves 2
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • Calories 633
  • Carbohydrates 40
  • Saturated Fat 13
  • Sugar 10
  • Protein 36
  • Fat 35
  • Fiber 7
  • Salt 2.1

Ingredients

  • drizzle of olive or rapeseed oil

  • 1 small red onion, chopped

  • 4 merguez sausages

  • 15 cherry tomatoes, halved

  • pinch of sugar (any will do)

  • 2 tsp harissa paste (preferably rose harissa, as it’s fragrant and not too hot)

  • 2 eggs

  • 2 wholemeal pitta breads

  • pinch of sumac or paprika (optional)

  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt

  • few parsley sprigs, chopped

  • 1 tbsp shelled pistachio, roughly chopped

Method

  1. Heat a drizzle of oil in a heavy-bottomed, small frying pan – a cast-iron one is perfect. Add the onion and cook for a few mins until soft, then push them to one side of the pan. Add the sausages and fry for 5-10 mins, rolling them around in the pan until golden brown. Add the tomatoes, sugar and harissa, season well and add a splash of water. Cook for 5-10 mins, stirring now and then, until the tomatoes have cooked down to a thick, chunky sauce.

  2. Push the sausages aside in the pan so that you can create 2 large holes in the sauce using a spoon. Crack the eggs into the holes and cook for 4-5 mins until the whites are just set and the yolk is still runny. Meanwhile, toast the pitta breads.

  3. Sprinkle each egg with a little sumac, dollop on some yogurt, then sprinkle over the parsley and pistachios. Cut each pitta bread in half and serve on the side.