Here is a recipe I made based on a dish I ate at Barbukka and recipes I found online for ‘Shakshooka’. The dish I ate there and the recipes found are kinda different so the result is something different again but still yum!

Ingredients:

3 large potatoes. washed with skin on!

bottle of tomato pasta sauce or 4 large ripe tomatoes (around 400grams)

small onion

teaspoon of paprika

salt

fresh ground pepper

2 cloves of garlic

olive oil

half a medium capsicum (bell peppers some places call them)

Mushrooms

Turkish bread

(eggplant would go well too if you like but I’ve not tried it so not sure how to best prepare it for this)

Directions:
Baked potatoes:

chop potatoes into cubes of about 2×3cm

add some olive oil to a deep frying pan on a medium heat

throw in potatoes – sprinkle with a pinch of salt and plenty of ground pepper to taste. cover’ with lid.

(should take about 20 mins or untill cooked but not too mushy)

Sauce:

add some oil to a saucepan – bring to low/medium heat

chop onion and garlic finely and add to saucepan and lightly fry for about 2 mins

add paprika and grind in some pepper – stir

add chopped tomatoes or tomato pasta sauce and pinch of salt – stir – simmer for 3 mins

chop capsicum into 3×3cm squares and add to saucepan – stir – simmer for 10 mins

chop mushrooms in quarters and add to saucepan for the last couple of mins stirring a few times.

Serving:
place potatoes into serving bowl and add sensible amounts of sauce on top
serve with warmed or very lightly toasted turkish bread.

Eating:
With mouth!

A red wine or flavoursome Ale would go well with this.

Feel free to comment with suggestions or your own version of this!