Here at healthy HQ, we’re celebrating Organic Month with a host of delicious recipes from Soil Association, made with ethically-sourced produce. This Organic Moroccan Scramble recipe from eco-chef Tom Hunt uses merquez, a North African lamb or beef sausage flavoured with cumin and cayenne pepper, to give traditional scrambled eggs a delicious spicy flavour.
Tom says: “This is our favourite brunch dish at Poco. It’s a great alternative to an English fry up and very filling. The merguez recipe is a winner and works well in many different recipes. I recommend using it to make burgers for a BBQ served in a bun with hummus and roasted peppers.”
Ingredients
To make the merguez
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- Pinch cayenne
- Pinch salt
- 180g minced organic lamb
To make the harissa beans
- 150g cooked cannellini beans
- 150ml organic passata
- 2 teaspoons harissa (or to taste)
To make the Moroccan Scramble
- 4 large organic eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 slices organic sourdough
- Drizzle of olive oil
- 6 sprigs coriander
- 1 organic spring onion, sliced diagonally
- Sprinkle chilli flakes (optional)
Getting started
1 To make the merguez, mix the spices and salt into the mince well.
2 To make the harissa beans, mix the ingredients together. Season to taste with salt and pepper, adding extra harissa if you like it hot.
3 When you are ready to eat and have your ingredients prepared and in place you can start to make the Moroccan scramble. First, heat the beans, slice the spring onion and pop the toast on to grill. Then heat a frying pan until it’s hot, crumble the merguez into the pan and leave to gain colour. 4 Flip the merguez so that it cooks on both sides. Put the bread on the plate ready to go with a drizzle of olive oil.
5 When everything is ready, add the beaten eggs to the frying pan. The cooking process will happen very quickly so keep alert. Allow the eggs to set on the bottom ever so slightly, then turn in a figure of eight just once. Allow it to set slightly again and repeat a turn.
6 By this point, the eggs should be just about cooked but hopefully still a little runny. Take them straight out of the pan and divide them piled on the toast between your two plates.
7 Spoon half the beans onto each plate, over the eggs. Finish the plate with slices of spring onion, sprigs of coriander and a sprinkle of chilli flakes if using.
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