🇲🇦 Moroccan Cuisine

Briouats

Stuffed Pastry Triangles

Prep Time 45 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Medium
Calories 288 kcal

Crispy fried or baked phyllo triangles filled with spiced ground beef, fresh herbs, and a hint of cinnamon, served as golden appetizers.

Ingredients

  • 250g ground beef
  • 1 onion, finely diced
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
  • 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 12 sheets warqa or phyllo dough
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

  1. 1 Cook ground beef with onion in olive oil until browned. Add cinnamon, cumin, salt, and pepper, cook three minutes.
  2. 2 Remove from heat, stir in chopped parsley and cilantro. Let the filling cool completely before assembling pastries.
  3. 3 Cut warqa sheets into long strips about eight centimeters wide. Brush lightly with beaten egg along the edges.
  4. 4 Place a spoonful of filling at one end of each strip. Fold corner over to form a triangle and keep folding.
  5. 5 Continue folding in a flag-fold pattern until you reach the end. Seal edge with beaten egg to close tightly.
  6. 6 Deep fry at 175C for three minutes until golden, or brush with oil and bake at 190C for fifteen minutes.

Did You Know?

During Ramadan, Moroccan families prepare hundreds of briouats in advance, freezing them to fry fresh each evening for iftar.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/moroccan/briouats/