Tunisian Fried Pastries with Egg

The small savory pastry called bestel or briouat in Morocco is called brik in Tunisia. In Algeria, they are called burak. Briks are made with sheets of malsouka, the Tunisian name for ouarka, or feuilles de brik, and they are deep-fried. To make the brik, you can use filo, but egg roll wrappers work like a dream. Briks may be filled with cooked meat, poultry, canned tuna, or mashed potatoes, usually with a whole egg nested on to