Hellim Spiced Scrambled Eggs (Meliz’s Menemen)

 It was an absolute honour to cook this on the FABULOUS Jamie Oliver series, Jamie: Fast & Simple. I made my Hellim Spiced Scrambled Eggs 🧅🌶️🍅🍳🌿 my oh so simple, yet oh so incredibly delicious and creamy @melizcooks twist on “menemen” and you can watch the episode here. Recipe below and also on the Jamie Oliver website 🤩

Meliz’s Menemen 

6 large free-range eggs

4 large ripe tomatoes

200g hellim (halloumi cheese)

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion, peeled and very finely chopped

2 large Turkish green peppers, such as charleston, or 150g padron peppers, chopped into rounds

¼ teaspoon sea salt flakes

1 tablespoon Turkish sweet red pepper paste (tatli biber salçasi)

¼ teaspoon dried mint (reserve a little for garnish)

½ teaspoon coarse black pepper (reserve a little for garnish)

optional: pul biber, for garnish

optional: extra virgin olive oil

1 large lemon, cut into 4 wedges

fresh parsley, for garnish