Turkish eggs

Name: Turkish eggs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 4 free-range eggs; 50 g/1¾ oz/3½ tbsp unsalted butter; 125 g/4½ oz/½ cup natural yogurt; 2 garlic cloves, finely minced or grated; chopped fresh chives or flat-leaf parsley, to serve; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; chopped fresh chives or flat-leaf parsley, to serve; ¼ tsp ground cumin (optional); sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp smoked paprika

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

A simple savoury breakfast that combines perfectly poached eggs and rich garlicky yoghurt, finished with warm spiced butter.

Ingredients

125 g/4½ oz/½ cup natural yogurt
2

Asia
Turkey
Breakfast
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Half-fill a saucepan with cold water, place on a medium-high heat and bring to the boil.

Meanwhile, put the yoghurt and garlic in a small bowl and add a touch of salt and pepper to season.

Once the water is boiling, sieve and then poach the eggs following my method for poaching the perfect eggs.

Add the butter to a small saucepan and me