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Felfel Mehchi
Tunisian long sweet peppers stuffed with spiced beef, cheese, herbs and egg and baked in harissa-tomato sauce.
About Felfel Mehchi
Felfel Mehchi is a Tunisian dish of long sweet peppers filled and cooked in a seasoned sauce. This profile follows a chef-validated version stuffed with beef, cheese, onion, parsley, egg and warm spices before baking in a harissa-tomato sauce.
The filling is deeply savoury, with ground coriander, chilli and black pepper warming the beef while cheese and egg add richness. Tomato, garlic and harissa make the surrounding sauce tangy, aromatic and distinctly spicy.
Each softened pepper keeps its long shape around a compact, juicy filling. The red sauce coats the peppers and gathers around them, contrasting with flecks of green parsley and the pale melted cheese within.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Felfel Mehchi
Tunisian Beef-and-Cheese Stuffed Sweet Peppers.
- Long sweet peppersStuffed vegetable shell
- Ground beefSavoury filling protein
- OnionsFilling aromatic
- Fresh parsleyFresh herbal note
- Grated cheeseRich filling binder
- Ground corianderWarm spice
- Chilli powderFilling heat
- Cold waterFilling moisture and sauce liquid
- EggsFilling binder
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperPeppery seasoning
- Olive oilSauce cooking fat
- Tomato pasteConcentrated sauce base
- Fresh chilli pepperWhole sauce heat
- GarlicSauce aromatic
- HarissaSpicy Tunisian sauce seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Long sweet peppers: . The source specifies long bull's-horn sweet peppers; the broader sweet-pepper route preserves that identity without relabelling them as bell peppers
- Ground beef:
- Onions:
- Fresh parsley:
- Grated cheese: . The cheese style and complete product formula are not supplied; Milk remains confirmed
- Ground coriander:
- Chilli powder: . The exact chilli-powder product formula is not supplied
- Cold water:
- Eggs:
- Salt:
- Black pepper:
- Olive oil:
- Tomato paste:
- Fresh chilli pepper:
- Garlic:
- Harissa: . The harissa's complete commercial or house formula is not supplied
Origins & food traditions
196 Flavors supplies the complete selected Felfel Mehchi recipe and records its validation by Tunisian chef Mounir Arem. The French-language Felfel Mehchi reference independently corroborates the Tunisian identity and the pepper, meat, egg, parsley, onion and coriander filling structure.
Countries
- Tunisia
- TunisiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Tunisian Cuisine
- North African Cuisine
- Tunisian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.