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chickpea and chorizo shakshuka

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Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 100 g Chorizo thinly sliced
  • 1 T oilve oil
  • 1 red onion finely diced
  • 1 small red or yello pepper finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 1/4 cup medium cream sherry
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes chopped
  • 2 tins chickpeas
  • 2 t brown sugar
  • 1 t smoked paprika
  • 1/2 t cumin
  • Salt and Pepper to season
  • 4 - 6 free-range eggs
  • creme fraiche to garnish optional
  • fresh coriander leaves to garnish optional
  • toasted sourdough to serve opti0nal

Instructions

  • Heat a large frying pan and fry the chorizo until the oils start releasing and the meat brows. Remove the sausage and set aside.
  • Add the olive oil to the pan of orange oil and gently fry the onion for about 3 minutes until softened. Add the red pepper and continue to fry for a further 2 or so minutes until they too are softened. Return the chorizo to the pan with the garlic and briefly fry.
  • Add the sherry and allow the liquid to (mostly) cook off.
  • Add the tomatoes, sugar, chickpeas, smoked paprika and cumin, and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Allow this to bubble on a gentle heat for about 20 minutes.
  • Make small indentations ino the surface and break your eggs into the holes. Mix the egg white around a bit to loosen and spread (withour breaking the yolk)
  • Cook for a futher 3 or so minutes and until the egg whites have hardened. If necessary put a lid on your pan to speed up the process.
  • Scatter over the chopped cilantro and any other garnish you desire, and scoop onto toast .
Author: Sam Linsell