Every so often, a single dish becomes viral – like Shakshuka, a dish that has its origins in North Africa. It seems that every high-end restaurant we’ve visited in the last few months has a different take on this dish, and like many great dishes there are as many versions as there are cooks who have embraced it. It even showed up in a recent NY Times article written by Melissa Clark – and we really like her writing and recipes, so we thought our followers wouldn’t mind if we republish her recipe. We tried this dish as a Passover/Easter brunch plate, serving it on top of potato pancakes (latkes, of course). It was a big hit, along with one of the Serious Foodies’ hot sauce on the side. Hope you try it!
Shakshuka, a Traditional Baked Egg Dish
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Serves: serves 4
This version strays from more traditional renditions by adding crumbled feta cheese, which softens into creamy nuggets in the oven’s heat. Rated as: EASY
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, halved and thinly sliced
- 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne, or to taste
- 1 (28-ounce) can whole plum tomatoes with juices, coarsely chopped
- ¾ teaspoon salt, more as needed
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper, more as needed
- 5 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (about 1 1/4 cups)
- 6 large eggs
- Chopped cilantro, for serving
- Hot sauce, for serving
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion and bell pepper. Cook gently until very soft, about 20 minutes. Add garlic and cook until tender, 1 to 2 minutes; stir in cumin, paprika and cayenne, and cook 1 minute. Pour in tomatoes and season with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; simmer until tomatoes have thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in crumbled feta.
- Gently crack eggs into skillet over tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer skillet to oven and bake until eggs are just set, 7 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve with hot sauce.
