Bastourma Eggs

Name: Bastourma Eggs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 200g bastourma or pastrami, thinly sliced; 8 eggs; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 handful fresh parsley; warm bread to serve

Egyptian spiced cured beef with scrambled eggs, intensely flavoured and fragrant with fenugreek. Frying the bastourma first and letting its spiced fat render into the butter carries all its flavour straight into the eggs.

Total time

15 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mediterranean

gluten-free

Ingredients

200gbastourma or pastrami, thinly sliced

8eggs

2 tbspbutter

1 tspground cumin

1 handfulfresh parsley

warm breadto serve

Instructions

Melt butter in a pan over medium heat.

Add bastourma slices and fry 1 minute each side until edges curl.

The fat from the bastourma will render into the butter.

Beat eggs with a pinch of cumin and season lightly.

Pour eggs over bastourma.

Scramble gently to desired consistency.

Scatter with fresh parsley.

Serve immediately with warm bread and olives.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

198

Protein

12.9g

Fat

15.4g

Carbs

1.3g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

147mg

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