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Shakshuka

A delicious and easy shakshuka recipe adapted from Ottolenghi.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredients

  • 1 small red onion finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 large red or yellow peppers cut into 0.5cm dice
  • 2 cups mushrooms finely sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 - 4 Tbsp harissa paste depending on how hot
  • 1 Tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes optional
  • 5 large ripe tomatoes 800g – or 2 x 400g tins of chopped peeled tomatoes
  • 3 cups baby spinach leaves
  • salt and pepper
  • 4 – 6 free range eggs
  • small handful of cilantro / coriander roughly chopped

Instructions

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  1. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and cook the onion until softened, about 4 – 5 minutes.
  2. Add the peppers and cook for a further few minutes until they are soft. Add the mushrooms and cook for a minute or two.
  3. Add the tomato paste, harissa, cumin, chilli, salt, pepper and garlic and cook for about 5 more minutes. Add a splash of water if it dries out and becomes too thick.
  4. Add the tomatoes (I used tin) and the spinach and cook for 10 minutes and until the sauce is thick.
  5. Make little wells in the sauce and break the eggs into these, and simmer for 8 – 10 minutes until cooked. Swirls the egg whites a bit with the sauce and try not to break the yolks. If you cover the pan it will speed up the process.
  6. The eggs are ready when the whites are firm and cooked and the egg yolks are soft.
  7. Spoon out the eggs with the sauce and serve.

Notes

  • This dish is best eaten on the day it is made. Any leftover sauce can be stored in the fridge and used again.