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Green Shakshuka with Spinach and Feta

Eggs poached in a pan of wilted greens and herbs instead of tomato, with feta and warm bread.

Green Shakshuka with Spinach and Feta, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
30 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.79

Ingredients

  • 8 large eggs
  • 10 oz baby spinach
  • 1 bunch kale
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 4 oz crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 pita bread

Method

  1. Cook the sliced onion in the olive oil in a wide skillet over medium heat for 6 minutes until soft and sweet.

  2. Add the minced garlic and cumin and cook one minute.

  3. Add the stripped and chopped kale with a splash of water, cover, and cook 5 minutes until it loses its stiffness.

  4. Add the spinach in handfuls, stirring until each one wilts down. Season with salt and lemon juice.

  5. Make eight wells in the greens and crack in the eggs. Cover and cook 6 to 8 minutes until the whites set.

  6. Crumble feta over and serve with warm pita.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£20.30£5.0811 of 11 ingredients
Australia$53.11$13.2811 of 11 ingredients
Greece21,88 €5,47 €11 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏٨٢٤٫٩١ ج.م.‏‏٢٠٦٫٢٣ ج.م.‏11 of 11 ingredients
Canada$78.22$19.5611 of 11 ingredients
Spain18,61 €4,65 €11 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$879.52$219.8811 of 11 ingredients
United States$35.17$8.7910 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$60.08$15.0210 of 11 ingredients
Germany24,60 €6,15 €10 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 26,92€ 6,7310 of 11 ingredients

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