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Ojja with merguez
A fiery tomato stew with merguez lamb sausages and eggs stirred into the sauce.
4 servings · 45 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 500 g Merguez sausages
- 600 g Tomatoes
- 3 piece Bell peppers
- 6 clove Garlic
- 2 tbsp Harissa
- 1 tbsp Tomato paste
- 5 piece Eggs
- 1 tsp Ground caraway
- 50 ml Olive oil
- 30 g Parsley
- 1 piece Baguette, to serve
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Fry the merguez in olive oil until browned all over and lift them onto a plate.
- In the same fat fry the sliced pepper and the garlic until soft.
- Stir in the harissa, tomato paste and caraway and cook them two minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, season and cook fifteen minutes to thicken.
- Return the sausages, cut into pieces, and warm them three minutes.
- Drop the heat to its lowest, break in the eggs and stir with a spatula for three minutes into a creamy mass.
- Scatter with parsley and serve straight from the pan with baguette.
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