Shakshuka Khachapuri

A mashup of two iconic dishes, North African Shakshuka and Georgian Khachapuri.

1.5 hours cook

Serves 4

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Ingredients

    for the shakshuka sauce
  • 1onion, finely diced
  • 2romano or sweet bell peppers, thinly sliced
  • 1green or red chilli, thinly sliced
  • 400gchopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsptomato paste
  • 1/2 tspsmoked paprika
  • 1/2 tspground cumin
  • 1/4 tspAleppo pepper or chilli powder
  • 1/4 tspturmeric
  • 1/4 tspras el hanout
  • 1 tbspharissa paste
  • handful feta, crumbled
  • 1 tbspchives, to garnish
  • 2 tsphoney
  • for the khachapuri
  • 43gunsalted butter
  • 227gmilk
  • 1 1/2 tspgranulated sugar
  • 1/2 tspground coriander
  • 1 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 2 tspfast action yeast
  • 330gstrong white bread flour

Khachapuri is a cheese filled bread from Georgia. Often served with a whole egg in the middle, this time the cheese was swapped out for rich tomato and pepper shakshuka sauce. The perfect indulgent breakfast!

Method

  • Start by making the dough. Combine the sugar, salt, and coriander in the bowl of a stand mixer. In a measuring jug, combine the milk and butter, and microwave until the butter has melted.
  • Pour into the stand mixer, and whisk together. Add the flour and yeast, and bring together to form a shaggy dough and let rest for 10 minutes. Once rested, knead on medium speed using a dough hook for around 8 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1-2 hours or until doubled.
  • Meanwhile, make the sauce. Sauce the onions, peppers, garlic, and chilli with a splash of olive oil over medium heat until soft.
  • Add all the spices, the tomato and harissa pastes, then add the chopped tomatoes. Season with salt and honey, then let simmer on medium/low until thickened, around 20 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into 4, then roll each into an oval shape.
  • Preheat the oven to 190 C.
  • Spoon the sauce into the middle of the dough, fold over the sides and pinch the ends. Cover, and let rise in a warm place for another 20-30 minutes until lightly puffed. Brush with beaten egg, then bake for 10 minutes until starting to set but not quite browned.
  • Make a well in the sauce, then crack in your eggs. Finish with a couple small pats of butter, then pop back into the oven for 15 minutes or until the egg is set and the dough is golden brown.
  • If it's still a bit jiggly, cover with a lid once they come out of the oven and let rest for 5 more minutes.
  • Garnish with feta, chilli, and chives. Enjoy!
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