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Tharid (Fatir)

Andalusien, 13. Jhd.

Tharid that the people of Ifriqiyya (Tunisia) Call Fatir

It is the best of their dishes. Among them this fatir is made with fat chicken, while others make it with the meat of a fat lamb Take whatever of the two you have on hand, clean and cut up. Put it in the pot with salt, onion pepper, coriander seed and oil, and cook it until it is done; then take out ther meat from the pot and let the broth remain, and add to it both clarified and fresh butter, and fry (or boil) it. The fabricate crumbs of a fatir that has been prepared from well-made thin flatbread cooked in a tajine with sourdough, and repeatedly moisten the dish [evidently, the dish in which the crumbs are] until it's right... Then spread on it the meat of that chicken, after frying it in the pan with fresh oil or butter and dot it with egg yolks, olives and chopped almonds; sprinkle it with cinnamon and serve it.

Manuscripto Anonimo, Andalusien 13. Jhd.