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Moroccan Food

5/9/2015

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Ms Treacy's favourite part of travel is of course the food and Morocco was a treat.  

Breakfast

My first breakfast was at the beautiful Dar Oulanda Hotel.  My breakfast table was by the pool and I got my first taste of the Moroccan carb loaded breakfast!
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On the breakfast table we can see a lot of the usuals:  coffee, orange juice, yogurt, soft cheese, chocolate spread, toast.
The orange juice is freshly squeezed and orange juice stalls can be seen in many of the cities in Morocco. 
The coffee comes in one of the big flasks and the other big flask contains hot milk. Why do you think most of the milk on the breakfast tables in Morocco was boiling hot?
In a restaurant you would order this coffee by asking for a café au lait.

Lets look closely at the pancakes/pastries:
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On the left we have crepes or pancakes as we know them.
Moving right on the bottom are Beghrir pancakes.  
On top is a Moroccan doughnut and to the right is the very interesting Rghaif .
These square shaped Moroccan pancakes were at most breakfasts and are made by kneading a small ball of dough. Flattening and rolling it out, folding it into a square and frying it.
All of these pastries and pancakes are delicious on their own or with honey, chocolate, lemon, sugar....the possibilities are endless! 

Dinner

TaGines

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The tagine was possibly my favourite Moroccan dish.  It reminds me of a stew.  It comes in a pot like the one on the left. 
My favourite tagine was the top left-egg and meatball.  You eat your tagine with bread.

Couscous

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I didn't eat a lot of couscous in Morocco, I preferred the tagines. Generally in restaurants it was a choice of one or the other!
The Couscous pictured above was my first one and the most impressive couscous I have ever seen!
It is a meat couscous and there is also a lot of vegetables in it.  At the bottom is the couscous which is like rice but is made from semolina. 
On the left is a bowl of gravy which you pour over the couscous, as much as you prefer.

Pastilla

I only had this once in a restaurant in Fez. This pastilla is made of warga layered with chicken (often pigeon!) cooked with carmelised onions, lemon, eggs and toasted sugared almonds and dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar.  It was delicious! At the start I was wondering how this little pastry would fill me up properly for lunch but I was so full I wasn't able to finish it all. 

Salads

Every dinner started with beautiful salads.  Can you recognise the different vegetables?

Fruit

Being such a hot country, Morocco is home to a lot of interesting fruits.  Can you name the fruit in the pictures? Look closely at the fruit you buy in the supermarket. It may have come from Morocco!
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