Middle Eastern dish from a fantastic new food blog find.
Chakchouka (pronounced something like, shack-shooka) is a braised down mixture of onion, peppers and chiles, tomato, parsley and coriander, olive oil, and spices. It’s typically served with egg. I wanted to create a ‘hash’ version of it so I incorporated diced potatoes as well… stewing the mixture down just until the potato was done. An egg baked on top sealed the deal… or can be one of those damn ‘bam’ moments.
This is basically soul food to me. The elemental pairing in mind for it is lamb. I currently hate the lamb dish on our dinner menu, and I’m thinking of ‘converting’ it. Besides, the owner of the building is from Israel and this might score brownie points at the same time. I’m also thinking about merguez as a deciding flavor for the lamb… but to actually make it into a sausage or use it as a flavoring? Eggs, sausage, and hash does sound pretty good even on a dinner menu.
Notes. Permalink. Thu, Jun 19th 2008, 4:25 PM (∞).
