Basque Scrambled Eggs

I love to try new recipes or different ways to do a particular food and one food that I must say rates low on my chart for creativity is Eggs...don't get me wrong I love eggs, fried, boiled, scrambled, poached, or as an omelette but I must say its same old same old and can get pretty boring, so I decided after a morning of craving some egg that I would have them for dinner but something different...and then i remembered...Basque Scrambled Egg :) The Spanish are well known for their tortillas and this is another very popular egg dish that is mainly served in small portions with a tapas meal, I added a few different ingredients (as I had some left over in the fridge) but feel free to leave these out and stick with the more traditional version :)

Basque Scrambled Eggs

4 eggs beaten and seasoned well

1 onion diced

2 garlic cloves crushed

100g cooking chorizo

1 red pepper cut into 1cm bits

1/2 aubergine diced and cubed (optional) can replace with green pepper 

2 tomatoes cut into quarters and diced

4 mushroom, quartered and diced (optional)

1/2 tsp paprika

2 tbsp Manchego cheese (optional)

In a frying pan on a medium heat, heat some olive oil and add your sliced cooking chorizo, cook for a couple of minutes to release the oils. Remove the chorizo with a slotted spoon to ensure the lovely oil remains in the pan and set aside.

Add your chopped onion and add to the frying pan and fry until its starts to soften slightly. Add the garlic, chopped peppers aubergine and fry until they start to soften (you may need to add more oil as aubergines are a hungry vegetable) if you don't want to use aubergine, then replace with some green peppers.

Add the mushrooms and the paprika and fry for a further minute, and now add the chorizo back to the pan.

In a jug, add the eggs, season and beat.

Add the beaten egg to the pan and keep stirring until the egg scrambles and is cooked through. Turn off the heat and add the Manchego cheese if using and serve :))

Aubergine isn't normally used but for a moorish version maybe add some cumin in as well! If you don't wang to use the aubergine, then replace with some green pepper :)