Scrambled Eggs with Argan Oil

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2 or 3

    Appears in
    Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking: Traditional and Modern Recipes to Savor and Share

    By Paula Wolfert

    Published 2009

    • About

    Argan oil has a unique taste reminiscent of roasted nuts but more complex and pungent. It’s long been popular for seasoning raw or cooked tomatoes, peppers, greens, and zucchini or infusing added flavor at the last minute into couscous, lentils, beans, and chickpeas. In the Souss region of Morocco, cooperatives run by women produce an oil extracted from the nuts of the argan tree, a plant unique to the region and famous for its attractiveness to goats, who literally climb up into its branch