Shakshuka has been on the Honeycomb & Co menu since day one and is a firm favourite with our customers. Rich, warming and satisfying, it’s a brilliant vegetarian dish topped with tahini and feta, and is delicious at brunch, lunch or supper - full of flavour and the sauce can be made well ahead of time.
Our popular twist is ‘Shak’n’Blak – served with crumbled crispy black pudding over the top, or you can top with haggis instead. The warm spicing of the haggis is great with the tomatoes and peppers and is definitely worth a try. Whatever way you decide to serve it, make sure you have some thick slices of sourdough bread on hand to mop up every last tasty morsel!
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Serves 2
Ingredients
¼ white onion, chopped
150g yellow peppers, sliced
150g green peppers, sliced
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp harissa
2 tsp caraway seeds
20g garlic, crushed
375g chopped tomatoes
120g tomato puree
Salt
Pepper
Oil for frying
To serve:
4 fresh eggs, ideally organic
Crumbled feta
Tahini yoghurt
Dukkah
Cooked black pudding, optional
Method
1 Heat oil in a large pan and add the onions and peppers. Cook gently until softened.
2 Add the spices, caraway and garlic and fry for 1 minute to activate the spices.
3 Add the chopped tomatoes and puree, stir and bring the mix gently to the boil. Reduce the heat and cook out for approximately two to three hours, stirring occasionally to prevent the mix from sticking to the pan. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
4 Preheat the oven to 200°C.
5 Poach the four eggs, ready to add to the pan.
6 Cover the base of a small cast iron pan with the reduced tomato and pepper mix and add the eggs. Cover with more of the sauce, and place in the oven for eight minutes. Alternatively, crack the uncooked eggs on top of the sauce and place under the grill until set.
7 Top with feta, tahini yoghurt and dukkah or any other seasoning you would like. If you add cooked, crispy, crumbled black pudding it becomes our beloved Shak’n’black!
8 Serve with plenty of bread to mop up every scrap of delicious shakshuka.
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