Turkish brunch – My Whisk and I

1 box phyllo pastry
125g butter, melted
300g feta cheese, crumbled
200ml sour cream
3 eggs
100ml milk
30ml black sesame seeds

Preheat your oven to 180℃ and brush a 18cm x 26cm ceramic dish with melted butter.
Crinkle together two sheets of phyllo pastry by folding them like an accordion. Place them against the longer side of the dish.
Repeat with the remaining pastry and keep stacking the crinkled sheets until the dish is filled and you have no phyllo left.
Take a butter knife and open up/space the crinkles of the pastry evenly within the dish.
Place the pastry in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and drizzle over the melted butter.
Put the dish back into the oven and bake for another 10 minutes.
Crumble the feta in to a bowl and set aside.
Add the eggs and sour cream to another bowl, whisk together and pour over the feta.
Add the milk and whisk everything together.
Pour the mixture evenly over the stacked phyllo sheets and sprinkle the sesame seeds over.
Nudge the side of the pastry with a spatula to distribute the custard evenly on the sides of the dish.
Bake the pie for 40 minutes and serve immediately.

This is my take on the spicy Turkish Eggs – spicy but with a zippy herby sauce to balance the heat. The ingredients/sauces are enough to feed one person.

Red Sauce:
60g butter, cubed
10ml finely chopped red chilli
1,2ml ground cumin

Green Sauce:
125ml measuring cup, tightly packed with parsley
1 clove of garlic, minced
one quarter of a red onion, finely chopped
a pinch of salt
30ml olive oil
20ml red wine vinegar

3 eggs
cocktail tomatoes
baby spinach leaves
radish, sliced
cucumber, finely diced

For the Red Sauce:
Add the butter to a pan set over medium-high heat and allow it to melt.
Swirl the butter in the pan for 2 minutes while it bubbles away.
Pour it into a small heatproof bowl and add the chilli and cumin.
Stir through and leave to develop the flavours.

For the Green Sauce:
Chop the parsley very fine and add it to a small bowl.
Add the rest of the ingredients and stir through.
Set aside to develop the flavours for about 15 minutes.

Fry the eggs sunny side up.
Arrange the tomato, spinach, radish and cucumber around the egg.
Drizzle the red and green sauce over the plate and serve immediately.

Tag: Turkish brunch

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