Faltbread Pancakes with Spinach and Cheese Filling | Msemen
A delicious traditiinal moroccan flatbread with spinach and cheese filling
Ingredients
Dough
- 550 gr All-purpose FLour 4 + 1/2 cup
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Baking Pwder
- 1 tsp Sugar optional
- 30 ml Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp to cover the dough
Spinach Filling
- 400 gr Spinach about 9 cups
- 1 small Leek Optional
- 1 small onion Chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic Minced
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1 tbsp Chopped Parsley
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Sweet Paprika
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 75 gr Parmesan cheese 3/4 cup
- 100 gr Feta Cheese 3/4 cup
- 100 gr Grated Mozarella 1 cup
For the Assembly
- 120 ml Vegetable Oil 1/2 cup
- 75 ml Melted Butter 1/3 cup
Instructions
Prepare the dough
- cover with some vegetable oil, a platic wrap, and allow it to rest for 1 hour.
- Cover the dough with some vegetable oil, a piece of plastic wrap, and allow it to rest for 1 hour.
Prepare the Filling
- wash and chop the spinach, leek and the onion. (the leek is optional)
- In a hot pan, sauter the onions with the leek, the onion, and the garlic until transulent, add salt and pepper.
- Add the spinach and wait for it to shrink.
- Add the spices and herbs and cook till all the water evaporates.
- Remove from the heat, add the parmesan and feta cheese, leave it to cool.
Forming the Dough
- Seperate the dough into 9 or 10 small balls. Cover them with more vegetable oil, plastic wrap and leave them to rest for another 15 minutes.
- Start stretching the dough with vegetable oil until almost transparent, add the spinach filling in the center, add some shredded mozarella cheese,1/2 tbsp of the melted butter to the sides and fold.
- Make sure to watch the video for the right folding technique.
- Cut a square piece of parchment paper, use it as a guide to flatten to the flabreads.
- Heat the pan, brush it with some vegetable oil and place the bread on the pan.
Baking
- When you place the Msemen on the hot pan, peel off the parchment paper and brush with some more oil. Keep flipping it until it has a nice brown color from both sides.