Eggs shakshuka’d
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How do you like your eggs in the morning? Easy – shakshuka’d. If a shakshuka hasn’t made its way to your regular brunch list, then it’s time to change that. A beautifully baked egg, spiced tomato sauce with peppers, and with crusty bread to dip in – it’s like egg and soldiers, except your egg’s been sunbathing in a tomato-y beach of heaven. Perfection!
Find my classic tomato sauce recipe here. You’ll need it to make this recipe!
This recipe is from my book, Poppy Cooks: The Food You Need
Photographs © Louise Hagger, 2021
Ingredients
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The tomato sauce
- See my 'classic tomato sauce' recipe shared above (1/2 the quantity)
For the shakshuka
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and sliced
- 4 eggs
- 50g feta
- Salt and pepper
- A small bunch of flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped, to garnish
- 1 small loaf of crusty bread, to serve
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400°F/Gas 6.
- Place a large, deep saucepan over a medium heat. Add the chilli flakes, fennel seeds and cumin and cook for about 4–5 minutes, until you can smell all the lovely scents of chilli and aniseed. Add enough olive oil to just cover the base of the pan and then add the tomato sauce.
- Add the onion and both peppers to the pan, giving everything a good mix together, then leave to cook for 20 minutes, until the onion is cooked and the peppers are slightly softened.
- Pour the contents of the pan into a trendy, ovenproof serving dish.
- Using the back of a spoon, make 4 small wells in your sauce and crack an egg into each one. Season with salt and pepper.
- Place the shakshuka into the oven (you can throw in the bread on the shelf below to warm up, if you like). Bake for about 15 minutes, until the egg whites are cooked but the yolks are still soft (or cook to your preference). Wayhayyy!
- Crumble over your feta cheese, and sprinkle over your chopped parsley to garnish. Tear up your bread and dig in.