Tag: Shakshuka

Bean and Beetroot Shakshuka

14 September 2023

This time round on KCC. we’re experimenting with a tomato-free twist on shakshuka, that North African breakfast staple.

Rip Red Shakshuka with beans and beetroot

Our latest shakshuka (click here for our grip green one from last year), replaces tomatoes and onions, which have a high acid content, with beetroot and red beans as the base to poach the eggs in.

This makes for a dish that is easier on the stomach and is ideal for people suffering from GERD, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, which occurs when excess stomach acid flows back into the tube connecting your mouth and stomach.

Ingredients

  • 150 g cooked red beans
  • 100 g diced cooked beetroot
  • 25 g celery
  • 150 ml vegetable stock
  • A pinch of fresh thyme 
  • 2 teaspoons sumac
  • 2 eggs

Mix the beetroot, red beans, celery, carrot and thyme together in a frying pan and add the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat so the mixture is simmering.

Cook for five minutes and then make two wells in the mix and break the eggs into these wells. Cover the pan and cook over a low heat for 4-5 minutes until the eggs are set. Sprinkle with sumac and serve with crusty bread or fresh pitas.

Grip Green Shakshuka

9 April 2022

With spring greens making a welcome reappearance, it’s time for a brunch special – green shakshuka, North Africa’s breakfast star.

Grip Green Shakshuka

This dish, usually made with tomatoes and peppers, is originally from Tunisia but has now spread all over the Middle East.

For our spring greens version, we made a bed of cumin fried onions, banana peel, radish leaves and spinach on which to poach some eggs for our sublime, zero waste brunch special.

Ingredients (for two servings)

  • one medium onion
  • one banana peel
  • 100 g spinach
  • 50 g radish leaves
  • four eggs
  • one teaspoon cumin seeds
  • one teaspoon chilli powder
  • 25 ml olive oil

Method

  • Heat the oil in a heavy-based pan and add the cumin seeds. When they start to pop, add chopped onion and cook for five minutes over a low heat. Add the banana peel (to prepare, use a knife or spoon to scrape off any remaining banana flesh (use this in a cake, smoothie or banana bread) and then slice the peel into 1 mm strips).
  • Stir fry for another five minutes and then add the chopped radish leaves and three minutes later add the washed and chopped spinach. Cook until the spinach starts to wilt.
  • Make a depression in the mix and pour an egg into it, repeat with the other eggs, sprinkle chilli powder over the eggs put, put a lid on and steam until the eggs are set