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