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Nº 91 · Vegetarian · serves 4

Spanish Vegetable Stew with Fried Egg

In Spain: Pisto manchego

Sweet peppers, courgette and tomato slowly stewed into a soft pisto, topped with a fried egg: La Mancha on your plate.

€7–9approx. €1.75–2.25 ppMildVegetarian25 min prepLOW 5–6 hrs · HIGH 3 hrsFreezes well
Spanish Vegetable Stew with Fried Egg

Ingredients serves 4

Tick off what you already have at home.

  • Any supermarket

    Aisle: frutería. 1-2 kg bags are cheaper than loose.

  • Any supermarket

    Aisle: frutería. 'Pimiento italiano' is long and thin-walled; ideal for frying.

  • Any supermarketMercado municipal

    Aisle: frutería. Spanish peppers are large and fleshy; markets often sell them cheaper per kilo.

  • Any supermarket

    Aisle: frutería. Loose or in nets; purple garlic (ajo morado) is often the most aromatic.

  • MercadonaMASEl Corte Inglés

    Aisle: aceites. Check for 'virgen extra' on the label; local Málaga mills often appear in regional chains like MAS.

  • Any supermarket

    Aisle: huevos. Code 1 on the egg means free-range ('campero'); 0 is organic.

  • Any supermarket

    Aisle: panadería. Freshly baked in every supermarket; the local panadería is often better.

To serve

Method

  1. 1

    Cut all the vegetables into 1 cm dice. Soften the onion and peppers in olive oil for 8 minutes; that gives the sweet pisto flavour.

  2. 2

    Put them in the slow cooker with the courgette, garlic, passata, sugar, salt and pepper. Don't add any water: the vegetables release plenty of liquid themselves.

  3. 3

    Cook for 5–6 hours on LOW or 3 hours on HIGH, stirring once halfway through.

  4. 4

    Too watery? For the last half hour, leave the lid ajar, on HIGH if needed, so the liquid evaporates and the pisto thickens.

  5. 5

    Just before eating, fry an egg per person and lay it on the pisto. Break the yolk at the table and mop up with bread.

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