North Africa · Street food
Brik bil Azma (Tunisian Crisp Egg and Tuna Pastry)
Shatteringly crisp pastry pockets concealing a rich filling of flaked tuna, capers, parsley, and a runny whole egg.
The story
Brik is an absolute staple of the Tunisian table, indispensable during Ramadan to break the fast after sunset. The ultimate mark of culinary skill is sealing the paper-thin, semolina-based malsouka sheet around a raw whole egg and frying it in shallow oil so the white sets entirely while the yolk stays luscious and runny.
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