Shakshuka

This dish immediately transports me to Jaffa beach in Tel Aviv… I was visiting Israel with my friends Avi and Toffe and they took me for brunch on the beach on the first morning. We ordered a typical Israeli breakfast, with flatbreads, spreads and the obligatory shakshuka eggs. Shakshuka is a dish of eggs baked in a rich tomato sauce and you mop up the rest of the sauce with a bit of pitta or challah. It’s a very comforting dish that’s very easy to make and that I love to eat for brunch or as a simple lunch.

This recipe was created as part of my “Recipes for Staying Home” show, you can watch the episode here.

This is a recipe from my cookbook ‘Flavours of Home’.

Ingredients

2 red peppers
1 onion
2 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves
½ tsp cumin powder
¼ tsp chili powder or flakes
½ tsp paprika powder
1 tbsp rose harissa
800g tinned chopped tomatoes
1 tsp brown sugar
4-6 eggs*
80g feta
coriander, to serve
salt and pepper

Method

Serves 2 – 3 people

Trim the peppers and cut into 2cm dice. Peel and finely chop the onion.

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and fry the peppers and the onions with a pinch of salt for 8 minutes until soft.

Meanwhile, peel and crush the garlic cloves. After 8 minutes, add the garlic, cumin, chili, paprika powder and harissa to the peppers and fry for another minute.

Add the tomatoes, sugar, ¾ tsp of salt and a good cracking of black pepper and cook for 10 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.

Make 4-6 little dips in the sauce and break the eggs into the dips. Crumble the feta over the sauce. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5 minutes.

Uncover, sprinkle with coriander and serve with pitas or crusty bread.

*the tomato base is a generous portion for 2 or enough for 3 people. Use 2 eggs per person.

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