Shakshouka – Moroccan Egg Bake

SERVES: 3
TIME TO PLATE: 35 MINUTES 

WHAT YOU NEED:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 rashers of bacon, diced 
  • 1 red or onion, chopped
  • 1 small red chilli, chopped
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 2-3 button mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander seed powder
  • ½ dried or fresh oregano
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1½ cups diced tomatoes, tinned or fresh
  • 4-6 free-range eggs
  • fresh parsley and/or coriander roughly chopped

HOW TO MAKE:

  • In a deep fry pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat cook bacon. until crispy, then remove to a bowl leaving the fat in the pan
  • Sauté the onion, chilli and capsicum for 3-4 minutes, until slightly softened, add the mushrooms and garlic. Cook for a minute, stirring. Then add back the bacon and spices, stir for 30 seconds allowing the aromas to be released. Then add the tomatoes, stir and cover with the lid. Cook on medium-low heat for 10-12 minutes, giving it a stir a few times.
  • Using a spoon, make small wells in the tomato mix and crack an egg into each
  • Cover with the lid and cook on medium-low heat until the egg whites settle and firm up but the egg yolks remain gooey, about 5 minutes. You’re after a white translucent film over the egg yolks but only just.
  • Serve the eggs in the cooking dish sprinkled with some fresh parsley and coriander.
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