We're halfway to 30!! For my 15th meal I decided to make Shakshuka, which is a North African breakfast dish that has become very popular in middle eastern countries like Israel. This is due to North African Jewish people immigrating to Israel. While I chose to present Shakshuka as being a Libyan dish, its ancestry is debated between multiple countries like Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt, so I am just referring to it as a North African meal.
As for the meal itself, it is a tomato stew with a slight bit of heat and then eggs are cracked into it. We were lucky enough to have fresh tomatoes is the garden so I was so happy to take advantage of those while making this. Other than tomatoes and eggs, I used some red peppers, sweet paprika, cumin, lots of garlics and then some red pepper flakes and Aleppo pepper flakes for the heat. I also topped it with some goat cheese and parsley. The tomatoes peppers and spices are left to simmer for a while to create the flavourful stew and then the eggs are added in and poached within the stew. I also served this with some homemade herb butter toast to make sure we could mop up any remainding stew.
I loved the way this turned out and my wife actually said this her favourite meal so far in this little adventure of mine. I think it will be a go to, especially on cold winter weekends, it really feels like a great comfort meal.
15 down, 15 to go. Thank you so much for reading and following along on this journey. Below find more photos and an updated map.
Cheers,
Brandon
Very Exotic alternative breakfast dish!
The tomatoes and Northern African spices make it one that I would love to try!
Dad