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with
khoobz
still warm from the communal oven right down the street. For a twist on the
usual French breakfast pastries, try
rghaif
(flaky, dense Moroccan pastries like flattened
croissants), typically served with warm honey, apricot jam, or if you're lucky, nutty
ta-
halout
(date syrup). The truly adventurous can start their day with a rich stew of lamb's
head or calves' feet, generously ladled into an enamel bowl from a huge vat precariously
balanced on a makeshift gas burner.
Breakfast of Champions
As a guest in a Moroccan home, you'd be treated to the best of everything, and the best
guesthouses scrupulously uphold this Moroccan tradition each morning. You'll carb-load
like a Moroccan marathoner, with some combination of the following to jumpstart your
day:
Ahwa
(Coffee)
Ahwa
is one option, but also
café au lait
(coffee with milk),
thé b'na na
(tea with mint) or
thé wa hleb
(tea with milk),
wa
(with) or
bla
(without)
sukur
(sugar).
Aseer limoon
(Orange juice)
Bayd
(Eggs) Cooked in omelettes, with a dash of
kamun
(freshly ground cumin) or
zataar
(cumin with
toasted sesame seeds).
Beghrir
Moroccan pancakes with an airy, spongy texture like crumpets, with honey or jam.
French pastries
Croissants,
pain au chocolat
and others.
Khoobz
Moroccan-style pita bread baked in a wood-fired oven, usually served with butter and jam or olive
oil and
zataar
.
Rghaif
Flat, buttery Moroccan pastries.
Sfenj
Moroccan doughnuts (sometimes with an egg deep-fried in the hole).
