Shakshuka

Shakshuka

Eggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce.

🥘 Ingredients

Prep and Aromatics

  • cumin (ground)
    1 tsp
  • garlic (thinly sliced)
    3 cloves
  • kashmiri chili
    1/4 tsp
  • olive oil
    3 tbsp
  • onion (halved and thinly sliced)
    1 large
  • red bell pepper (seeded and thinly sliced)
    1 large
  • sweet paprika
    1 tsp

Tomato Sauce

  • can of whole tomatoes (coarsely chopped)
    800 g
  • feta cheese
    140 g
  • salt

Bake and Garnish

  • black pepper
  • cilantro (chopped)
  • eggs
    6 large
  • flatbread
  • salt

Prep and Aromatics

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 190°C.
  2. 2
    Heat olive oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium-low heat.
    olive oil: 3 tbsp
  3. 3
    Add onion and red bell pepper . Cook gently until very soft, about ⏱️ 20 minutes .
    onion: 1 large (halved and thinly sliced), red bell pepper: 1 large (seeded and thinly sliced)
  4. 4
    Add garlic and cook until tender, about ⏱️ 1.5 minutes .
    garlic: 3 cloves (thinly sliced)
  5. 5
    Stir in cumin , sweet paprika , and kashmiri chili , and cook for ⏱️ 1 minute .
    cumin: 1 tsp (ground), sweet paprika: 1 tsp, kashmiri chili: 1/4 tsp

Tomato Sauce

  1. 1
    Pour in can of whole tomatoes .
    can of whole tomatoes: 800 g (coarsely chopped)
  2. 2
    Season with salt to taste.
    salt
  3. 3
    Simmer until the tomatoes have thickened, about ⏱️ 10 minutes .
  4. 4
    Crumble in feta cheese .
    feta cheese: 140 g

Bake and Garnish

  1. 1
    Gently crack eggs into the skillet over the tomatoes.
    eggs: 6 large
  2. 2
    Season the eggs gently with a pinch of extra salt and black pepper .
    salt, black pepper
  3. 3
    Transfer the skillet directly into the preheated oven and bake until the egg whites are just set but the yolks are still runny, about ⏱️ 8 minutes .
  4. 4
    Sprinkle with cilantro and serve warm with flatbread .
    cilantro (chopped), flatbread