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Aghrum Oufourki (Kabyle Hearth Bread Stuffed with Wild Spring Greens and Herbs)

Name: Aghrum Oufourki (Kabyle Hearth Bread Stuffed with Wild Spring Greens and Herbs)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Algeria
Ingredients: 400 g medium durum semolina; 100 g fine durum semolina; 120 ml extra virgin olive oil (preferably robust, unrefined Algerian olive oil); 10 g fine sea salt; 180 ml water, at room temperature; 250 g mixed wild spring greens (nettles, wild sorrel, Swiss chard, and baby spinach), washed, dried, and shredded finely; 100 g scallions or wild green garlic, very finely sliced; 0.5 bunch fresh spearmint, leaves finely chopped; 0.5 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or mild chili powder); 0.5 tsp freshly cracked black pepper

A rustic Berber semolina flatbread packed with seasonal wild greens, fragrant herbs, and olive oil, griddled crisp over an open flame.

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The story

Rooted in the rugged Djurdjura mountains of Kabylie, Aghrum Oufourki (also known as Aghrum n'el Ahwal) is crafted by Amazigh women to welcome the onset of spring. Historically foraged across terraced slopes during the seasonal weed-pulling and rejuvenation cycle, the bread serves as both a restorative midday field meal and a sacred celebration of biodiversity. Unlike standard leavened doughs, this crust relies entirely on fine semolina and cold-pressed mountain olive oil rubbed together to create a short, biscuit-like crumb that seals in the steamed wild filling.

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