Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, pepper, and olives

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, pepper, and olives

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Catalan-style scrambled eggs in a reduced tomato sauce, painted with oil, garnished with confit bell pepper strips and chopped green olives.

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This Catalan recipe slowly cooks ripe tomatoes with olive oil until they form a thick sauce, in which eggs, confit peppers, and green olives are stirred.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time35 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Calories253 kcal/serving
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$4.84 $1.21 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

4 people
  • $2.09
  • $1.32
  • $0.19
  • $0.78
  • $0.42
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. In a saucepan over the stove, pour in a cup of water and the oil paint. Once the mixture starts to simmer, add the peeled and chopped tomatoes, as well as the salt.
  2. Let it simmer for a good while, until the sauce thickens.
  3. Then, add the beaten eggs and mix well until they are fully incorporated. ≈ 4 min
  4. Place the mixture in a shallow dish and sprinkle the surface with strips of pepper and chopped olives. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, pepper, and olives

  • 6 eggs$2.09
  • 500 g of fresh tomatoes, well ripe$1.32
  • 3 tablespoons of oil paint$0.19
  • 1 confit bell pepper$0.78
  • 50 g of pitted green olives$0.42
  • salt$0.04

Total$4.84

that's $1.21 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Nutrition per serving

Calories253 kcal
Fat19.8 g
Saturated fat3.5 g
Carbohydrates6.6 g
Sugars5.6 g
Fiber2.9 g
Protein10.8 g
Salt0.59 g

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 500 g of fresh tomatoes, well ripe
  • 3 tablespoons of oil paint
  • 1 confit bell pepper
  • 50 g of pitted green olives
  • 250 ml of water
  • salt

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