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Bourek

Crisp fried brick pastry enclosing minced meat, egg, cheese and herbs.

Bourek — illustrative food image

About Bourek

Samar presents these minced-meat bourek as a familiar Algerian pastry for Ramadan and other meals. Thin brick sheets enclose a cooked filling before the rolls are fried until golden and crisp.

Onion, garlic, parsley and cinnamon flavour the meat. Raw egg binds the filling with grated cheese, while a chopped boiled egg and the author’s personal touch of orange-blossom water remain optional.

The cooked filling cools before it is enclosed in the thin pastry sheets. Samar also offers a cucumber, tomato and fresh-herb salad alongside the fried pastries.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat (gluten).

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Bourek

Samar’s Algerian minced-meat bourek with egg and cheese.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Minced meat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual94 viandehachee, species not supplied; no forced beef despite legacy scalar.
  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Raw egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual97/108 required binder.
  • Boiled egg (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual98 optional despite method107 imperative; source optionality retained.
  • Chopped parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Grated cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual101/108 named dairy cheese, full variety/product formula unknown.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual102 botanical pepper type unprovided.
  • Prepared brick pastry sheets: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual103 conventional thin wheat brick identity supports Wheat, full product formula unresolved.
  • Orange-blossom water (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual57 personally added flavour and104/109 optional, not claimed compulsory classic ingredient.
  • Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual63/106 filling saute oil.
  • Frying oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual69/111 generic distinct pan-fry medium, no oliveoil assumption.
  • Ground coriander (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual60 optional offered extra-spice choice selected over turmeric/chilli alternatives.
  • Cucumber (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 optional summer salad choice over Harira/chorba meal.
  • Tomato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 optional same salad.
  • Fresh herbs for salad (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 generic unspecified freshherbs, full dressing formula unprovided.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Algeria
  • AlgeriaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Brick à la viande hachée - Samar, Mes Inspirations Culinaires