Mediterranean Meatballs & Tomato-Poached Eggs
with flatbread, fresh herbs & Romano pepper
Traditionally, Lebanese flatbreads are baked in a convex pan called a "saj", but they can also be baked in the oven or in a frying pan.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
½ piece
Onion
½ piece
Garlic
½ piece
Tomato
½ piece
Romano pepper
1 piece
Lebanese flatbread
(Contains: Gluten, Tarwe)
¼ sachet(s)
African-inspired spice mix
100 g
Passata
5 g
Fresh flat leaf parsley & mint
(May be present: Selderij)
2 piece
Egg
(Contains: Ei)
4 piece
Beef-pork meatballs with Spanish-style seasoning
(May be present: Selderij, Soja, Gluten, Ei, Mosterd)
Not included in your delivery
¾ tablespoon
Olive oil
½ teaspoon
Honey [or plant-based alternative]
50 milliliters
Water
½ teaspoon
White wine vinegar
to taste
Salt and pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Heat the olive oil in a deep frying pan. Fry the meatballs for 4 - 5 minutes until evenly browned, then remove from the pan and set aside.
- Meanwhile, slice the onion into half rings and crush or mince the garlic.
- Dice the tomato. Chop the Romano pepper into thin strips. Finely chop the fresh herbs.
- In the same pan, fry the Romano pepper for 2 minutes, then add the onion and garlic and fry for another 2 minutes.
- Add the African-inspired spice mix, tomato, passata, white wine vinegar, honey and water (see pantry for amounts). Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Reduce the heat to low and allow to stew for 5 - 8 minutes, covered.
- Make small wells in the vegetable mixture for each egg.
- Crack the eggs into the wells so as to mostly submerge them with the sauce, then season the eggs with salt and pepper.
- Cover with the lid and allow to poach for 4 - 6 minutes.
- Take off the lid, turn up the heat and add the meatballs. Poach for a further 2 - 4 minutes so that any excess liquid can evaporate.
- Meanwhile, bake the flatbread in the oven for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Serve the meatballs on plates and garnish with the fresh herbs.
- Break the flatbread into pieces and serve alongside.
