Algerian filled flatbreads Mhajeb

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Mix semolina with 330 g water and 4 g salt and knead for 8 minutes.

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8 min

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Ingredients

  • 500 gSemolina, unenriched
  • 330 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 300 gOnions, raw
  • 400 gTomato sauce, canned, no salt added
  • 25 gPeppers, hot chili, red, raw
  • 40 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 4 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Mix semolina with 330 g water and 4 g salt and knead for 8 minutes.
  2. Rest the dough for 20 minutes.
  3. Chop onion and fry in 20 g oil for 8 minutes at 175 °C. Add 400 g tomato sauce and 25 g chilli and cook uncovered for 17 minutes until the filling is thick.
  4. Divide the dough into eight balls of about 104 g. Roll each thin, fill with about 70 g cooled mixture and fold into a square.
  5. Heat the remaining 20 g oil in two large pans. Fry the flatbreads in two rounds of four, 3 minutes per side at 190 °C.
  6. Serve two flatbreads per portion.