There are two ways to shape the Tunisian Fricassee. You can form small balls of dough, then flatten each ball into a thin disc. Gently stretch the disc of dough to give it an oval shape.
Another way to shape the Fricassee is the one shown in the picture below. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin, then use a round cookie cutter to cut out smalls discs of dough. Gently stretch each disc to give it an oval shape.
Tunisian Fricassee
Ingredients
Dough
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp yeast
- 10 to 11 oz warm water
- Vegetable or canola oil for frying the Fricassee
Filling
- 2 cans Tuna in oil
- 4 boiled eggs
- 1 cup Black olives
- 6 greens onions
- 2 large potatoes
- About 1/4 cup capers
- Salt to taste
- Olive oil
Instructions
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First, prepare the dough. Put yeast and sugar in a small bowl and add about 2 oz warm water. Let the yeast proof for few minutes.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough attachment, put flour, salt, olive oil, egg and yeast mixture.
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Mix everything while adding warm water gradually.
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Check on the dough from time to time if it needs more water. I added about 11 oz water in this recipe
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The dough should be soft and a little sticky.
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Oil your hand with olive oil and gather the dough into a ball. Make sure to slightly coat the dough with olive oil so that it won’t be sticky.
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Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 to 2 hours or until doubled in volume.
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Dump the dough on a floured working board.
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Deflate with hands then use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into about 1/8 inch thickness (you may need to divide the dough in half and flatten 1 half at the time).
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Use a round cookie cutter and cut out the dough into discs.
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You can simply cut out the dough into small pieces and form small balls then flatten each ball with a rolling pin or just your hands.
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Take each cut out disc and gently stretch it to form an oval shape.
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Place the oval shaped pieces of dough on a kitchen towel.
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Cover with another kitchen towel and let rise for about 20 minutes.
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Fry the oval shaped pieces of dough in both sides. You may need to through hot oil on them with a spoon to help them fry evenly.
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Drain.
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Using a knife, cut the Fricasse on one side lenghthwise and set aside.
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Cook the potatoes in a slightly salted water.
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Use a potatoe masher or a fork and mash the potatoes (I prefer my potatoes mashed but you can just dice them).
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Add salt to taste.
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Add olive oil, about 2 to 4 tablespoons( you can add more if you like). Set aside.
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Cut the boiled eggs into small pieces, Set aside.
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Chop the green onions. Set aside.
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Start assembling the Fricassee.
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Put hot sauce inside the Fricassee and fill with about 1 tablespoon mashed potatoe, 1 tablespoon eggs, some onions, 1 tablespoon Tuna, few capers and add black olives. You can add more hot sauce on top.
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Enjoy.
Recipe Notes
- Harissa is the one that is usually used in this recipe, but any hot sauce will work. If you use Harissa paste, just add a little olive oil and a little water, then mix everything to make a Harissa sauce.
- The total time in this recipe didn’t include the rising time of the dough.