KEFTA Meatballs and Eggs Tagine (Shakshuka)

KEFTA Meatballs and Eggs Tagine  (Shakshuka)

Shakshuka is a very common dish in North Africa and Middle East and is originally from a country that has had a persistent passion for eggs and tomatoes. Tunisia.

The Moroccan version of the shakshuka includes kefta meatballs and in Morocco we don’t call it shakshuka but simply "kefta and eggs tagine", but isn’t shakshuka just too cute?

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Kefta - Moroccan minced meat

Kefta - Moroccan minced meat

I am pretty sure you all know about the Middle Eastern kefta or kofta and you probably love it. Well, at least I do. But you have to try the Moroccan version, because yes, they taste different. 

In Morocco, kefta is like an institution, every single family knows where to buy and eat the best kefta and whole families usually go over and over to the same spot to find it.  

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Bastila - Traditional Moroccan Chicken Pie

Bastila - Traditional Moroccan Chicken Pie

Served traditionally on special events, like our wedding – really! – bastila is the ultimate Moroccan meal. I have so many memories of my younger self inquisitively watching my mum and my aunts making gigantic bastilas large enough to feed 20 people. For some reason, I always thought that making bastila was a very complex process, designed only for grown ups.

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