Geoffrey Zakarian’s Recipe: Middle Eastern Eggs

Lamb, onion, pine nuts, and cinnamon give this breakfast scramble an unexpected twist.
Geoffrey Zakarian’s Recipe: Middle Eastern Eggs
KC and Gale Kratt
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During the holidays, our grandmother Marie cooks traditional Middle Eastern dishes for our large extended Lebanese family, much to everyone’s delight. There are always leftover pieces of raw lamb she doesn’t need, so over the years, she started frying them with pine nuts and onions that she'd then scramble together with eggs for breakfast the next morning. As soon as the dish hits the table, we jump to get it on our plates. Because we enjoy this meal so much, we now shop for lamb at all times of the year just to make the breakfast “leftover dish” for ourselves!

The picture shows traditional Syrian bread, which can be hard to find, but regular pita works just as well to scoop up those delicious eggs.

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