The Building Blocks of Flavour

Mexican green brunch eggs

with THOMASINA MIERS — Chef, writer, restaurateur. Wahaca founder, Chefs in Schools trustee, Soil Association ambassador.

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A brilliant brunch dish which is both nourishing and indulgent, that can be served with warm tortillas or flatbreads plus your favourite hot sauce or chilli oil and sour cream.

From the Lesson Workbook

Mexican Green Brunch Eggs

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • ½ green chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 1 bunch of coriander
  • 1 jar tomatillo salsa
  • 450g spinach
  • Juice of a lime
  • 90g crème fraiche
  • 4 eggs

To serve

  • Feta
  • Sour cream
  • Spring onion
  • Avocado slices
  • Radish, thinly sliced
  • Red chilli
  • Chilli oil
  • Corn tortillas

Method

  1. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and toast the cumin seeds until smelling fragrant.
  1. Pour in the oil, onion and chilli and fry for about 7 minutes to soften the onions with a good pinch of salt. Then add the garlic.
  1. Finely chop the coriander stems and add too. Continue to cook until the spinach has wilted down and the sauce is warm throughout.
  1. Stir through the crème fraiche and some lime juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  1. Pre-heat the grill.
  1. Make 4 small wells in the spinach and crack in the eggs. Put under the grill for 4-6 minutes until the whites are just cooked but the eggs are still runny.
  1. Dress with crumbled feta, slices of avocado, radish, finely sliced spring onion, the remaining coriander leaf and chilli oil or diced chilli. Put on the table with your favourite hot salsa or chilli oil, a bowl of crème fraiche or sour cream, a basket of warm tortillas and extra wedges of lime on the side.

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Thomasina Miers

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Thomasina Miers

Chef, writer, restaurateur. Wahaca founder, Chefs in Schools trustee, Soil Association ambassador.

Tommi Miers OBE is an award-winning chef and food writer who puts sustainability at the core of her cooking. She cares deeply about where our food comes from, how it is grown and how its growth supports the soil, biodiversity and the planet. After winning BBC’s inaugural MasterChef she worked at Michelin-starred restaurant Petersham Nurseries Café, before going on to launch Wahaca restaurant group. She has written seven cookbooks and writes regularly for publications including The Times, Country Life and The Guardian, where her column for the last five years has focused on seasonal, simple but delicious food. She is an ambassador for the Soil Association, trustee of the charity Chefs in Schools and was awarded an OBE in 2019 for her services to the food industry.

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