Khobz Bishemar

Name: Khobz Bishemar (Moroccan Bread ‘Packages’ with Savoury Fillings)
Yield: Makes 4
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon each powdered cumin and salt; 1 dried hot red pepper, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leafed (Italian) parsley; ½ teaspoon each powdered cumin and salt; 1 teaspoon sweet red pepper; 75 g/3 oz lamb or beef suet, finely chopped (¾ cup finely chopped lamb or beef suet); 75 g/3 oz lamb or beef suet, finely chopped (¾ cup finely chopped lamb or beef suet); 3 tablespoon finely chopped onion; 75 g/3 oz lamb or beef suet, finely chopped (¾ cup finely chopped lamb or beef suet); groundnut (peanut) oil; 1 recipe Moroccan bread; 75 g/3 oz lamb or beef suet, finely chopped (¾ cup finely chopped lamb or beef suet); butter

Moroccan Bread ‘Packages’ with Savoury Fillings

Preparation info

Makes
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Taste of Morocco

By Robert Carrier

Published 1987

About

The dough is pricked before it is cooked on a griddle so the envelopes of raised dough can cook in the fat which escapes from the filling. Eaten as a snack khobz bishemar is a delicious bread almost like a pastry or even, if it contains tomato and a little brebis cheese, an enclosed Moroccan pizza.

Ingredients

1 recipe Moroccan bread
groundnut (peanut) oil
butter

Africa
Morocco
Medina
Starter
Bread
Mediterranean

Method

Make dough as in steps 1 and 2 of recipe for Moroccan bread.
Form dough into four equal pieces and with lightly oiled hands, form each piece into a round ball.
Flatten each piece into a rectangle approximately 20 x 30 cm/