Shakshuka that tastes like Pizza

Cheese

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Cheese shakshuka tastes just like pizza. Made with stringy jarlsberg cheese, this is the vegetatrian shakshuka you'll make again and again!

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Gather the Ingredients

– 5 Eggs – 1 hot pepper – 1 Onion – 1 garlic clove – 5 Tomatoes – 100 g Tomato paste

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Gather the Ingredients

– 100 g Jarlsberg cheese – 1 teaspoon salt – Ground black pepper to taste – 2 TBs Canola oil – 50 ml water

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Dice the onion coarsely. Dice the hot pepper finely. Mince the garlic. Dice the tomatoes into cubes.

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Set your pan to medium heat. Add oil. When the oil is hot, add the onion and saute until it becomes translucent, 5 mins. Add the hot pepper and garlic and saute until it softens, about 1 minute.

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Add tomatoes to pan. Continue sauteing, while stirring for a few minutes until the tomatoes soften and begin to break down into sauce, about 5 minutes.

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Add salt and black pepper. Add the tomato paste and 50 ml of water, and stir.

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Cook over medium-low heat for another 10 minutes.

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Create little nests in your sauce, and carefully add the eggs, one egg per nest.

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Close with a lid and cook for 2 minutes.

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Open the lid and sprinkle the grated Jarlsberg cheese between the yolks. Using a wooden spoon, carefully mix the cheese into the sauce.

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Close again with a lid, lower the heat and cook for 5-10 minutes (or until the level of softness you like your yolks).

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Sprinkle with freshly diced cilantro.

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Serve cheese shakshuka with fresh challah or large focaccia.

Bon Appetit!