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Batbout breads with tuna and peppers

Batbout breads with tuna and peppers

  • Bread and baking
  • North African and Middle Eastern
  • Pan-cooked
  • Summer
  • With fish

Small pan-cooked breads filled with tuna, sautéed peppers and olives.

Active time1 h

Cooking25 min

Total2 hResting : 1 h 15 min

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Ingredients

  • 200 g red peppers
  • 300 ml water
  • 400 g wheat flour
  • 15 ml olive oil
  • 10 g fresh baker’s yeast
  • 60 g pitted black olives
  • 7 g salt
  • 100 g dry fine wheat semolina
  • 250 g tinned tuna in water or brine (drained weight)

Preparation

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water; mix with the flour, semolina and salt, and knead for 8 minutes. Cover and leave to rise for 45 minutes.

    300 ml water
    400 g wheat flour
    10 g fresh baker’s yeast
    7 g salt
    100 g dry fine wheat semolina
    • mixing bowl
  2. Divide into 8 balls, flatten to 1 centimetre thick and leave to rest for another 20 minutes.

  3. While the dough is rising, wash and deseed the peppers, then cut them into strips. Sauté in the oil for 12 minutes until tender. Drain the tuna and olives, chop the olives, then mix both with the peppers.

    200 g red peppers
    15 ml olive oil
    60 g pitted black olives
    250 g tinned tuna in water or brine (drained weight)
    • knife
    • frying pan
    • colander
  4. Cook the breads in batches in a dry frying pan over a medium heat for 4 minutes on each side.

    • frying pan
  5. Leave to cool until warm, slit open without separating the two halves, then add the filling.

    • knife

Allergens

  • Fish
  • Gluten
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Batbout breads with tuna and peppers