Egg Dishes
Shakshuka
شكشوكة
Egypt
Eggs poached in a simmering tomato, pepper, onion, garlic, and chilli sauce, with regional names and seasonings across North Africa.
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What it is
A closer look at Shakshuka.
Eggs poached in a simmering tomato, pepper, onion, garlic, and chilli sauce, with regional names and seasonings across North Africa.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
The whites should be just set while the yolks remain soft in a bubbling red sauce, ready to scoop with bread.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Shakshuka.
Morocco
Country-wide tradition
Names around the table
One food, more than one name.
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Denmark
Aegekage
Flæskeggekage
Oven-baked egg-and-bacon cake with chives, a brunch/lunch dish.
Molise, Italy
Affunnatielle
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Scania, Sweden
Egg Cake
Äggakaka
Traditional Scanian dish similar to a thick pancake or omelette, served with fried pork and lingonberries.
Wales, United Kingdom
Anglesey Eggs
Anglesey eggs combine mashed potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and leeks under a cheese sauce.
Bahrain
Baid Tmat
بيد طماط
Bahraini scrambled eggs with tomatoes — a simple breakfast dish where 'baid' means eggs and 'tmat' means tomatoes, cooked together into a soft, savoury scramble.
Malta
Balbuljata
Eggs scrambled loosely with tomato, onion, garlic and sometimes capers and parsley, eaten with Maltese bread.
France
Berlinguettes d’Avignon
Berlinguettes d’Avignon are halved eggs filled with a seasoned anchovy-and-herb mixture and baked until set.
Peru
Bistec a lo Pobre
A hearty plate of garlic-rubbed steak topped with fried eggs, served with fried onions, potatoes, and rice. 'Poor man's steak' that's anything but poor.