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Keto Shakshuka

Shakshuka

This amazing dish is a traditional middle Eastern breakfast dish, but I think it works just as well as a dinner or as left overs for a work lunch. Combining rich cooked tomatoes, baked eggplants and runny eggs, it’s all my favourite things in one big casserole.
4.80 from 5 votes
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Servings 4
Calories 592 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams mince meat lamb is traditional, but you can use beef or pork
  • 1 Eggplant/Aubergine
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 2 garlic cloves finely diced or crushed
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon chilli flakes or less if you don’t like it spicy!
  • 1 400 gram tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 4 eggs
  • 100 grams feta optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200C / 392F. Chop the eggplant into 1cm cubes, toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and put in a heavy based casserole dish. Put in the oven and bake for 30 minutes while you prepare the rest of the dish.
  • In a large non stick frying pan, put 1 tablespoon of olive oil and saute the garlic and chopped onion for 3 – 4 minutes over medium heat.
  • Add the mince meat and break up into small pieces with a wooden spoon. Once it is almost cooked through, move the mince to the sides of the pan making a small well in the centre. Add the spices (cumin, smoked paprika, cinnamon, chilli flakeinto the centre and let them cook off for about 30 – 60 seconds until fragrant, then stir the cooked spices through the meat, cooking for another 2 minutes.
  • Add the canned tomatoes, tomato paste and ½ cup of water and stir to thoroughly combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper as required.
  • Simmer for remaining 20 minutes while eggplant continues cooking.
  • Remove eggplant from the oven and stir through the mince mixture. Create 4 wells in the mixture and crack an egg in each.
  • If using the feta, crumble it around the eggs.
  • Bake for a further 15 minutes until the egg whites are cooked, but the yolks are still a little wobbly.
  • Serve with a side salad if your carbs for the day allow it, but you won’t need much more as this is very filling!

Nutrition

Calories: 592kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 31gFat: 46gSaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 277mgSodium: 461mgPotassium: 726mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1085IUVitamin C: 4.9mgCalcium: 198mgIron: 4.2mg
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