Turkish Style Eggs with Dukkah
By Chef Edward Hayden
Ingredients
Dukkah:
4oz/110g hazelnuts (traditional) or almonds
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
½-1 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
½ teaspoon chilli flakes (Optional)
Yogurt Dressing
8floz/225ml Irish Yogurts Clonakilty Low Fat Greek Style Natural Live Yogurt
3 cloves garlic-crushed
Pinch Salt
Chilli Oil:
2 tablespoons rapeseed oil
½ teaspoon chilli flakes
Poached Eggs:
3-6 eggs
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
Pinch salt
Method
- To make the dukkah, roughly blend all of the dukkah ingredients together in a mini food processor until a coarse consistency has been achieved.
- Similarly, to make the yogurt dressing, mix all of the dressing ingredients together and set aside. Do the same for the chilli oil.
- For the poached eggs, bring a medium sized saucepan of water to the boil. Drop in 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar and remove the saucepan from the heat. Gently swirl the saucepan to move the water. Carefully break in the eggs (no more than 3 at a time) into the saucepan and leave to set. Cook for approximately 3-4 minutes until the egg yolks are just firm to the touch. Drain with a slotted spoon and serve immediately.
- To serve, place the yogurt dressing on the bottom of a large bowl. Gently lay the poached eggs on top with some of the chilli oil.Sprinkle with the dukkah and then serve with some flatbreads or crostini’s.

