Algerian crepes that involve a tomato based filling in a crispy flatbread.
The recipe I used is adapted from Margo Drobi.
Ingredients:
Per 8 small crepes-
For the dough:
- 1.5 cups all purpose flour
- 1.5 cups fine semolina
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ~1.25 cups water
For the filling:
- 2 tablespoons avocado or olive oil, plus extra for pan frying and to coat the dough
- 1 large white onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cups tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon harissa seasoning
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
-
handful of parsley
- 1 cup tzatziki, for serving (recipe available here)
Instructions:
- In a small-medium bowl, add all of the dry ingredients for the dough. Mix and slowly add water until your dough can hold a round shape without difficulty - you may have to adjust the water quantity. Cover the dough and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add your onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook for a few minutes until they soften.
- Add the tomato paste, tomato puree, and all of your seasonings. Mix to combine and let it cook for a few more minutes until you achieve a thick consistency. Then, add the parsley, cook for another minute or two, and transfer to a bowl.
- Return to your dough. Lightly grease a clean surface and move the dough there. Divide into 8 equal parts.
- Lightly grease one of the dough parts with oil and roll it into an thin layer.
- Add a heaping spoonful of filling to the center of the dough. Be careful not to overfill - you should have 4-5x more dough to fold over than the amount of filling being used.
- Fold the ends into the center to enclose the filling.
- Grease a nonstick pan with olive oil and pan fry the crepe on each side for a couple of minutes until golden. I was able to fry to crepes at a time for time efficiency.
- Transfer to a plate and repeat the process with the remaining pieces of dough.
- Cut into triangles (or squares) and serve hot with tzatziki or dip of choice. Enjoy!