Roasted Pepper & Cheese Scramble

40 min · Easy · Serves 1

530 kcal per serving · 26g protein

Soft scrambled eggs mixed through roasted peppers, cooked-down tomatoes and Bulgarian white brined cheese. The eggs stay tender and form loose curds throughout.

Ingredients

• Eggs × 2
• 70 g Sirene (white brine cheese)
• Red bell pepper × 1
• Tomato × 1
• Onion, finely chopped × ⅓
• 1 tbsp Sunflower oil
• 2 sprigs Fresh parsley
• 1 pinch Black pepper
• 1 pinch Chubritsa (optional)

Method

1. Roast the Pepper

   

   Roast the pepper: put it whole on a tray under the oven's top heat on max, turning it every few minutes, until the skin is blackened and blistered on all sides — about 12 minutes.

2. Move the hot pepper

   

   Move the hot pepper to a bowl and cover it with a plate for 10 minutes — the trapped steam loosens the skin.

3. Dice the tomato

   

   Meanwhile, dice the tomato and finely chop the onion.

4. Then peel the skin off

   

   Then peel the skin off with your fingers, pull out the stem and seeds, and tear the flesh into strips.

5. Heat the oil

   

   Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the onion for 3 minutes until soft and see-through.

6. Add the pepper strips

   

   Add the pepper strips and tomato and cook for 5–7 minutes, until the juices have mostly cooked away and the mix looks thick, not watery.

7. Crumble in Sirene

   

   Crumble in the sirene (and the chubritsa, if using) and stir for a minute until the cheese starts melting into creamy white pockets.

8. Beat the eggs

   

   Beat the eggs, turn the heat to low and pour them in.

9. Stir

   

   Stir gently over low heat until the eggs form soft curds throughout and reach 71°C. Keep the heat low so the cheese and eggs stay tender instead of drying out.

10. Take the pan off

    

    Take the pan off the heat straight away; the eggs keep cooking in the hot pan.

11. Plate & Serve

    

    Spoon the scramble loosely onto warm plates and add the parsley and black pepper. Serve straight away while the curds are soft.

More to cook

• Baked White Cheese with Tomato & Egg40 min
• Shopska Salata12 min
• Chushki Burek (Fried Stuffed Peppers)85 min
• Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup with Sirene65 min