Tired of eating scrambled eggs or boiled eggs for breakfast? Spice up your morning meal with this Tunisian-Israeli dish which is nothing more than poached eggs in a tomato sauce spiced with cumin, paprika and peppers. The recipe from The Perfect Pantry yields enough to feed a family of six but any leftover sauce can be frozen and reheated for a quick weekday dinner or weekend brunch. Keep a careful eye when baking the eggs; they should still be somewhat runny so that the yolks can mix with the sauce when served along with pitta bread or challah.
SHAKSHUKA
Ingredients:
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large red bell pepper, diced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon mild red pepper flakes
1 small jalapeño pepper, optional
2 tablespoons tomato paste
800g canned chopped tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh black pepper, to taste
3 large eggs, room temperature
2-4 tablespoons fresh parsley
Method:
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over low medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onion.
- Sauté for 2 minutes until soft. Add garlic and red bell pepper. Cook stirring frequently for 5 minutes.
- Cook until translucent. Add cumin, paprika and red pepper flakes. Mix well, and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the jalapeño and cook for 30 seconds. Next, add the tomato paste, and stir that into the mixture.
- Finally, add the chopped tomatoes. Reduce heat to simmer, and cook, stirring often, for 15 minutes.
- Cook until the sauce comes together. When most of the liquid has evaporated, remove pan from heat.
- At this point, you could let the sauce cool completely, and refrigerate or freeze in airtight containers.
- Transfer half of the sauce into a smaller nonstick frying pan. Crack each egg into its own small bowl.
- Make 3 small indentations in the sauce, and gently slide an egg into each indentation. Cover the pan.
- Cook until the eggs are as runny, or firm, as you like them. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve.
Shakshuka for Breakfast
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July 9, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Fareeal
On of my favourite breakfast dishes. However there are different versions of Shaksouka in the Middle East. I prefer cooking the eggs in the spicy tomato sauce more like a scrambled egg rather than the sunny side up version.
July 17, 2015 at 7:10 pm
prerrnamirchi
thanks fareeal, this was my first time with shakshuka. we do have a scrambled eggs version here we commonly know as “rougaille” 😉
July 10, 2015 at 11:44 am
Gavnisha
after you put the egg in the small baking tin with the sauce, can we put it to bake in the oven for 3ming-5mins?
July 17, 2015 at 7:11 pm
prerrnamirchi
yes gavnisha you need to bake it depending on how you like your eggs. If you want them runny, bake for about 5 minutes. If you like them firm, bake for 10-12 minutes.