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Beef Rfissa
🇲🇦 Moroccan

Beef Rfissa

🇲🇦 Moroccan

Rfissa — beef and lentils ladled over shredded msemen, fenugreek-scented. 60 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Fenugreek Seeds1 tbsp
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Olive Oil2 tbsp
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Beef500 g
  • Ras el Hanout1 tsp
  • Msemen Flatbread4

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the beef well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the beef out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the ras el hanout.

  3. 3

    Return the beef, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — moroccan cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: "RFISSA":Traditional Moroccan recipe 😋 · on YouTube