Week 22: Africa Day - Moroccan Kefta Briouats [Baking]

Intro from Baking Challenge: Africa Day commemorates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity and so to celebrate it let's bake up some African goodies! Africa is composed of over 50 countries, each with their own culinary style, so grab a country and start baking! There's chabakia from Morocco, malva pudding from South Africa, Egypt's Om Ali, Ethiopian Injera or mandazi found throughout East Africa. You don't need to take directly from their recipes. You can gather inspiration from the wildlife or culture to create your own treats. Have fun!

I whipped this up with the extra fillo dough I had from the previous week's baklava, largely following the recipe here. That link has a great step-by-step guide for folding the briouats, which I highly recommend, as they can be a little tricky at first. Alternatively, you can just roll them into a sort of taquito shape.

I used beef (kefta) for my filling. I opted to leave out the massive amounts of butter, used water instead of egg wash for folding, and chose to bake rather than deep fry the briouats to keep this on the healthier side. To bake them, just arrange the briouats on a baking tray, spray with a little olive oil cooking spray, and cook for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.

When reheating, I found searing them in a lightly oiled pan gave them a nice crisp!