No, no, these are not crumpets. These are Moroccan Crepes of a thousand wholes called "Baghrir" = بغرير, a South Amazigh name, which means "Too soft".
I usualy make them for breakfast on Saturdays, it is our delight of the weekend. Baghrir is mainly made from a mixture of fine semolina and all-purpose flour and of course yeast. It has that light unique, soft, spongy, tender texture with an attractive honeycomb appearance and is cooked ONLY on ONE side. Everyone can make Baghrir, the only thing you need is the right recipe with some cooking tips, then it'll be quite easy to learn how to master the making of such a delicious Treat!
When I was young, I remember how my sisters and I were so excited watching my mother, who passed away 12 years ago now, while she was cooking these delicious Baghrirs. We all waited watching what she was doing, counting those little bubbles once they started to pop up all across Baghrir. When it’s cooked, we ate it all!
Moroccan Baghrir is very popular, especially during Ramadan for breaking the fast, but they are such a great treat anytime! It is served with a sauce of butter-honey, but it might also be served plain, with jam, peanut butter or chocolate spread, Amlou Paste etc....
I'm sending this recipe of Baghrir over to Susan's Yeastspotting, at Wild Yeast
Tips / Conseils:
1- Set aside a pan that you use ONLY for baghrir. / Réserver une poêle uniquement pour baghrir.
2-Dont't heat the pan when you start cooking your first baghrir, pour the batter on a cold pan. / Ne pas réchauffer la poêle quand vous commencer cuire votre baghrir No 1. Verser la pâte sur la poêle froide.
3-While you are cooking baghrir, after each one you cooked, you should absolutely put the pan on a dampen hand towel or dip the pan into cold water. The pan shouldn't be too hot when cooking your baghrir. For nice honeycomb look, it is important to stick the frying pan under cold water after each baghrir. / La poêle doit rester froide quand vous préparez votre baghrir. Entre chaquebBaghrir, posez la poêle sur un torchon humide ou bien posez la poêle sur l'eau froide.
4- Don't worry if your first baghrir looks less promising and even the last one. I don't know why!/ Ne vous inquiétez pas si votre 1ere barghrir n'a pas un beau look des mille trous et même la dernière serait moins belle. J'ignore la raison pourquoi!
4- Don't worry if your first baghrir looks less promising and even the last one. I don't know why!/ Ne vous inquiétez pas si votre 1ere barghrir n'a pas un beau look des mille trous et même la dernière serait moins belle. J'ignore la raison pourquoi!
5-Check the consistancy of the batter. It is very important, if it's too thick, the bubbles will not form. / Vérifiez la texture de la pâte, si elle est trop épaisse, ceci empêchera la formation des bulbes.
6-You can freeze baghrir, separate each one with a waxing paper or baking paper so it doesn't stick once frozen / Ca se congèle bien, si chaque baghrir est séparée avec du papier cirée ou papier cuisson
7-Don't heat baghrir in the oven or microwave. Use a pan instead. / Ne pas réchauffer baghrir dans le micro onde ou le four. Réchauffer-le dans une poêle tout simplement.8- Use a pan the diameter of the baghrir you wish to make. Instead of worrying each time to make a perfect circle. / Utiliser une poêle qui convient la taille du baghrir que vous aimeriez faire. C'est plus pratique.
9-To cook baghrir, the heat should be " medium-high". / Cuire baghrir sur feu "moyennement fort".
Ingredients:
-400 gr hard unbleached flour all puprose or fine semolina / 400 gr de farine de blé dur ou semoule très fine
-1 egg yolk/ 1 jaune d'oeuf
-2 teaspoon olive oil / 2 c à soupe de l'huile d'olive
-Pinch of salt / Une pincée de sel
-1/2 teaspoon yeast, dried (If fresh, put more than 1/2 teaspoon) / 1/2 c à thé de levure boulangère sèche en poudre (si fraîche, mettre un peu plus)
-Some warm water / Un peu de l'eau tiède selon le mélange.
-Pinch of baking soda or baking powder / Une pincée de bicarbonate de soude ou levure chimique ou poudre à pâte
N.B. My mother and grandmother used the traditional recipe of baghrir, they used no form of baking soda or baking powder, and their crepe are cooked in tagine over a charcoal brazier what we call in Morocco "Majmar" or " Kanoun". / La vraie recette traditionnelle de ma mère et ma grand-mère n'utilisaient aucune forme de levure chimique et leurs baghrir était cuit dans un tajine, placé sur un brasier qu'on appelle au Maroc "Majmar" ou "Kanoun"
Method / Préparation:
1-Sift all dry ingredients, add yolk, and using an electric mixer beat all the ingredients adding gradually the water. Beat for about 2 minutes. Not sure how much water? see picture below, this is how the batter should look like. Cover and let rise for at least 30 to 45 minutes / Tamiser les ingrédients secs, ajouter le jaune d'oeuf et à l'aide d'un batteur électrique, battre tous les ingrédients en ajoutant au fur et à mesure de l'eau tiède jusqu'à obtention d'un mélange qui ressemble à celui sur la photo ci-dessous. Couvrir et laisser lever pendant 30 à 45 minutes.
2-If you see those little bubles forming on the surface of the batter (see photo below), then the batter is ready / Si vous voyez ces bulbes qui se forment (voir photo ci-dessous), ceci veut dire que la pâte est prête.
3-The batter should stay liquid (see picture below). If i is too foamy, add about 1/4 teaspoon of warm water then stir (MAKE SURE NOT TO ADD TOO MUCH WATER). Leave to rest for 5 minutes. The batter should be thin like crepe batter / La pâte doit rester liquide tel qu'illustré sur la photo ci-dessous. Si la pâte est trop épaissse et la texture est trop mousseuse, ajouter un TOUT TOUT petit peu de l'eau tiède à peu près 1/4 de c à thé PAS PLUS, et bien mélanger. Laisser reposer 5 minutes. La pâte doit ressembler à celle des crêpes.
4-Start cooking Baghrir: DON'T HEAT THE PAN, rub the pan with a paper towel that has been dipped in vegetable oil, gently stir the batter then pour 1 small ladle onto the pan, smooth into a perfect circle with the bottom of the ladle. Heat over medium-high (number 5, for me). / Cuire votre : NE PAS RECHAUFFER LA POELE (anti adhésive), essuyer avec un papier essuie-tout imbibé légèrement d'huile végétale. Verser la quantité d'une petite louche sur la poêle en formant un petit cercle. Faire cuire sur feu moyennement fort (je l'ai mis sur numéro 5).
5-This is the most exciting part for my children lol, look at these bubbles!!!! After a few seconds, you can see some bubbles forming on the surface. Smile, your Baghrir turns out well !. / Mes enfants adorent regarder la formation de toutes ces bulbes sur Beghrir. Souriez, c'est un bon signe!
6- Now the kids are too excited and they started counting and recounting the bubbles. / Voilà mes enfants sont de plus en plus excités , ils comptent et recomptent ces bulbes.
7-It 's almost done (see picture below ), now remove from fire, the pan is still too hot, Baghrir will finish its cooking in 2 or 3 seconds. / Quand il vous reste juste le dernier bout tel qu'illustré sur la photo ci-dessous, enlever du feu. Baghrir va finir sa cuisson dans 2 ou 3 secondes qui suivent, puisque la poêle est enocre chaude.
8-Baghri is ready (see picture below). Put on a clean towel. While they are still hot, don't put one upon the other, they will stick, but once they are cool, they can be stacked without sticking. Unlike ordinary pancakes and crepes, Baghrir is cooked ONLY on one side. Repeat with the remaining batter (see tips). / Voilà c'est cuit (photo ci-dessous). Disposer Beghrirs sur une seviette propre et séparer-les pour ne pas qu'elles se collent entre. Mais une fois refroidie, vous pouvez poser une Baghrir sur l'autre. Baghrir se cuit d'un seul côté, une condition pour Baghrir marocain, ce n'est comme les crêpes ou pancakes. procédez de la même façon pour les autres Baghrir jusqu'à épuisement de la pâte (Voir conseils sur la poêle).
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9-Serve warm with a sauce of butter and honey / Servir tiède avec une sauce de beurre et miel.
10- Enjoy / Bssa7a wa ra7a!
Or make Baghrir with milk instead of water and add some vanilla flavour / Ou vous pouvez remplacer l'eau par le lait et ajouter quelques gouttes d'essence de vanille









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22 comments:
Maachallah 3lik mamatkamal,baghir kay7ami9,khasso ghire wahid lbarrad atay,tbarkellah 3lik hada howa lbaghrir ola fala,bssahtik o rahtik
Lah ibark fik azine dyali, lahla y5attik 3liya,
moua7 3lik
I can't believe the size of those holes! Have you ever seen our crumpets? They look like massive version of those.
At first, I too, thought these were crumpets. I must try these, and when I do, I shall think of you, my beautiful friend.
Wonderful, wonderful pictorial. Thank you for the time you put into this post. Your pictures helped me to see exactly what you are doing. You are among the very best!
Wow, these are really interesting. I can hardly wait to try them. They look like what we call English muffins but much larger.
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Tes crêpes sont une réussite totale.
Les trous sont la preuve de ta dextérité.
Je vais essayer la technique de la poêle froide car j'utilise une poêle très chaude.
Je t'embrasse.
l'idée de la poêle froide je ne connais pas mais vu le résultat de tes crêpes ça vaut la peine d'essayer
elles sont bien trouées et légères comme je les aime, je t'en félicite c'est une belle réussite
bonne journée
Belle découpe qui dévoile tout et qui ouvre grandement l'appétit:)xxx
Wonderful post, thanks so much for sending it to YeastSpotting! Your blog is lovely.
I've never heard of this bread, and it looks fantastic!
Magnifiques, ces crêpes. Elles font un peu penser à l'injerra, cette éthiopiennes au teff... Bravo pour ce beau blog pétillant de vie !
These look like a cross between crumpets and injera (Ethiopian bread)! Delicious either way.
i thought they were crumpets aswell!
I think I may try them on the weekend for my family, thanks for the great recipe & instructions.
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I stumble upon your blog through Wild Yeast. Oh my... I have to try this or at least learn from your tips when I make the Indonesian pancakes.
Mamatkamal...excellent blog and AMAZING post. These baghrir are the most perfect baghrir I've ever seen! honestly. I read that time ago women were "valued" according to the number and size of holes they got on their baghrir...you would be a queen!:-) I hope you don't mind, but (I'm spanish and recently joined an excellent forum on bread, that though it's in spanish you are sooo welcome to visit and become part of, if you like) so I linked them to your recipe because it is sooo amazing! I just tried to make it...But,my holes weren't as incredible as yours!I had to go just after making the batter, so instead of 30 min. I left it for 3 hours! perhaps that's why!:-) or maybe I added too little water (about 520g) or too little soda bicarbonate (1/4 tsp)...I hope you can guide me in the right direction!Other than that I did cool down the pan from crêpe to crêpe and just turned it on (to number 8 on my induction which runs from 1 to 11...maybe too high?) I think that's what you meant, right? because all other recipes I've seen up to now ladle the batter on a prewarmed pan. Anyway, thank you sooooo much for sharing this wonderful recipe!!!!The forum by the way is on http://elforodelpan.com/ if you want to have a look!I feel obliged for this great recipe, so if you like I also recently started a blog that I hope you can find some recipe you may like.
This looks delicious..Should try it some day...Thanks for the recipe dear.
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Estos pancakes deben ser una verdadera delicia.
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Oh wow! I was looking at how to make my own hummus but I got into this site. I am currently working from home selling import export goods online so I have a lot of free time to learn how to cook and bake. I really need to learn!
Thank you for this recipe, now that i am working from home i have time to make these treats for my family.
This is a really detailed tutorial and will make a wonderful breakfast treat. Thanks for the recipe
Hard to find the fine semolina. Tryed your recipe and got flat crepe like pancakes, Will try again. Batter was foamy, as in recipe, however bubbles did not form.Will try again.Nancy
Enfin j'ai trouve la semoule fine et j'ai essayé ta recette, j'ai eu pleines de trous partout, et nous nous sommes régalés au petit dejeuner grâce à toi et ta générosité sans limite. Je crois le soda ou la levure chimique sont le secret, je n'ai jamais réussi bghrir avant. merci encore mamatkamal, j'aime ton blog, continue à nous poster tes secrets culinaires et tes belles recettes. Le Maroc est fier de toi mon amie
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