Shakshuka or shakshouka or chakchouka...however you spell it, it's a breakfast dish that hails from the Middle East and is essentially eggs baked in a spicy tomato sauce. Sounds simple? It is but it's absolutely delicious too.

Let's get to it!

Cooking Instructions

Step One

Ingredients required:

Pretty simple and most of these I already had at home!

Step Two

Slowly cook down the diced garlic and purple onion:

Step Three

Add the chopped chorizo and capsicum and saute until colour develops -- I'm not going to lie, I started picking at the dish already, it was already delicious at this point so I knew we were onto a winner !!

Look at this colour --

Step Four

Add tinned tomatoes

Step Five

Cook down until thick, add in eggs and pop into the oven for about 5 minutes.

Step Six

In the meantime slice up some bread, I picked up a beautiful olive loaf this morning:

Step Seven

Serve!

Closing Thoughts...

I was really disappointed as I slightly overcooked it, I swear I left it in by only another minute or two but it was enough to overcook the eggs :(. The texture you're looking for is a runny egg as it mixes into the tomato and creates a perfect sauce to dip the bread. Anyway, the taste and flavour was definitely all there so it wasn't all a fail - lesson learnt for next time, keep an eye on it in the oven!!

I hope you guys enjoyed this recipe, let me know if you've eaten it, made it or would be keen to try it! I can guarantee it is a super easy recipe to make. Most of the ingredients you would probably have at home and it takes hardly any time at all and makes you look like a pro brunch chef :)

Until next time...peace out Steemit fam!

@phamished xx