Derb 37

a journal from a house in the medina

Kitchen · breads

Breads

Khobz on the counter, msemen on the griddle, the baker at the corner who knows the house by name.

No notes in this corner yet. Coming.

Questions

On breads.

What is khobz?
The everyday round bread of Morocco. Wheat and semolina, a low oven, a wooden board for carrying. Bought from the communal oven at the corner, or shaped at home and walked there.
What is msemen?
A square, layered flatbread folded and folded again, then cooked on a hot pan. Sweet for breakfast with honey, savoury for tea with cheese.
Why does Moroccan bread taste different?
Semolina in the dough, a wood-fired communal oven, and fifteen minutes between out-of-the-oven and on-the-table.

Notes that touch breads from elsewhere in the kitchen.