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Msemmen () or rghaif (), is a traditional flatbread originally from the Maghreb, commonly found in Algeria and Morocco, It is folded into square pancakes with multiple internal layers and cooked on a griddle, usually served with honey or a cup of aromatic morning mint tea or coffee. M'semmen can also be stuffed with meat (khlea) or onion and tomatoes. The small msemmen pancakes are of Berber origin.

Key facts

Food.name
Msemmen
Food.image
مسمن.jpg
Food.type
Bread
Food.country
Maghreb
Food.creator
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Food.main_ingredient
Flour, durum wheat semolina, dry yeast, melted butter, salt, sugar and water
Food.variations
Mhadjeb
Food.serving_size
100 g
Food.no_recipes
false

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Msemmen () or rghaif (), is a traditional flatbread originally from the Maghreb, commonly found in Algeria and Morocco, It is folded into square pancakes with multiple internal layers and cooked on a griddle, usually served with honey or a cup of aromatic morning mint tea or coffee. M'semmen can also be stuffed with meat (khlea) or onion and tomatoes. The small msemmen pancakes are of Berber origin.

== Varieties and similar foods == There is a variety that is made from pulling the dough into strands and forming a disk that is also called mlewi in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Msemmen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.