Mish-mash is the Bulgarian summer breakfast scramble: tomato, green pepper, onion and sirene cheese all folded into soft scrambled eggs, eaten hot with bread and ayran.

Mish-mash is the Bulgarian summer breakfast, evolved from peasant kitchens turning leftover roast peppers into a fast skillet meal. The name (literally, mish-mash) reflects the dish's improvisational character. Eat with bread and a glass of ayran in Plovdiv's morning cafes from June through September while the peppers are in season.

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Make it at home

Serves 220 minEasy

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe tomatoes, diced
  • 2 green peppers, diced
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 100g Bulgarian sirene cheese, crumbled
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
  • 1 teaspoon sweet Bulgarian paprika
  • Salt, pepper
  • Parsley to garnish

Method

  1. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Cook onion until soft.
  2. Add peppers; cook 4 minutes.
  3. Add tomatoes and paprika; cook until the tomato has broken down, about 5 minutes.
  4. Pour in the beaten eggs. Stir gently with a wooden spoon as the eggs set.
  5. Just before the eggs are fully cooked, fold in the crumbled sirene.
  6. Season; remove from heat. Garnish with parsley and serve with bread.

Editor tip. Don't overcook the eggs; pull from the heat when they still look slightly wet. The sirene melts as the dish rests.

Common allergens: Egg, Dairy.