Mexican tortillas with charred broccoli, salsa verde, labneh and fried eggs

Name: Mexican tortillas with charred broccoli, salsa verde, labneh and fried eggs
Total time: 40 min
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: long-stemmed broccoli 200g; red peppers 2, sliced; olive oil 4 tbsp, plus extra for drizzling; black beans 400g tin, drained and rinsed; eggs 4; corn tortillas 4; labneh 240g, see notes below; red chilli ½, deseeded and thinly sliced; coriander a bunch; spring onions 2, roughly chopped; garlic 1 clove, roughly chopped; green chilli 1 clove, roughly chopped; limes 2, juiced; olive oil 50ml; caster sugar 1 tsp

40 minutes
serves 4
Easy

Check out this veggie brunch recipe using a tangy, chilli-spiked salsa verde to liven everything up. These eggs go well with the creamy labneh, pulling everything on the plate together. This easy recipe comes from food writer John Gregory-Smith

September 25, 2018 at 1:32 pm

Ingredients

long-stemmed broccoli 200g
red peppers 2, sliced
olive oil 4 tbsp, plus extra for drizzling
black beans 400g tin, drained and rinsed
eggs 4
corn tortillas 4
labneh 240g, see notes below
red chilli ½, deseeded and thinly sliced

SALSA VERDE

coriander a bunch
spring onions 2, roughly chopped
garlic 1 clove, roughly chopped
green chilli 1 clove, roughly chopped
limes 2, juiced
olive oil 50ml
caster sugar 1 tsp

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put the broccoli and peppers onto a roasting tray. Drizzle over ¹/2 the oil and season. Toss and roast for 30-35 minutes or until charred and tender, adding the black beans for the final few minutes of cooking to warm through.
Step 2

Meanwhile, put all the ingredients for the salsa verde, along with a good pinch of salt, into a food processor and blend until smooth. Put to one side so that the flavours can develop.
Step 3

Heat the remaining oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the eggs with a good pinch of salt and pepper.
Step 4

Warm the tortillas, then divide between 4 serving plates and spread a generous amount of labneh over each. Tip the beans and vegetables onto the tortillas and top with the eggs. Scatter over the red chilli, drizzle some of the salsa verde on top, plus a little olive oil. Serve immediately with the remaining salsa verde at the table.

Labneh is a thickened yogurt originating in the Middle East. To make your own, tip a pot of natural yogurt into a sieve lined with muslin and stand over a bowl in the fridge overnight. The left-over labneh will keep for a week in the fridge. Dukkah is an Egyptian spice blend available from larger supermarkets, or you can make your own by toasting 1 tbsp of coriander seeds with ¹/2 tsp each of fennel seeds, black peppercorns, sesame seeds and cumin seeds. Roughly crush with 1 tsp sea salt and 2 tbsp hazelnuts using a pestle and mortar.

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