Msemen (Moroccan Flatbread)

Name: Msemen (Moroccan Flatbread)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 100g fine semolina, plus extra; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp instant yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 200ml warm water; oil and butter for folding and frying

Flaky, square Moroccan flatbread made with layers of semolina pastry — pan-fried until golden. Oiling your hands well before stretching the dough into a thin square lets it stretch without tearing, ready to fold into its signature layers.

Total time

55 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Moroccan

vegan

Ingredients

300gplain flour

100gfine semolina, plus extra

1 tspsalt

1 tspinstant yeast

1 tspsugar

200mlwarm water

oil and butterfor folding and frying

Instructions

Mix flour, semolina, salt, yeast and sugar.

Add water gradually and knead 10 minutes until smooth.

Rest 30 minutes.

Divide into balls. Flatten, oil hands and stretch each into a thin square.

Fold in thirds both ways to a layered square.

Pan-fry in oil and butter on medium heat 3–4 minutes per side.

Serve with honey and amlou (almond butter).

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

279

Protein

Fat

0.8g

Carbs

58.5g

Fiber

2.2g

Sodium

479mg

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