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Moroccan · PANTRYHOP RECIPE

Harcha express with jam

25 minutes · 4 servings · vegetarian

A quicker home version of harcha, Morocco’s popular semolina pan bread.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups fine semolina
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 3 tbsp melted butter
  • to serve jam

Let’s make it

  1. Mix semolina, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
  2. Stir in milk and butter to make a soft dough, then rest 5 minutes.
  3. Shape into 8 small discs and cook in a dry skillet over medium-low heat for 4 minutes per side.
  4. Serve warm with jam.
  5. Store leftovers wrapped for 1 day.

Kids can press the dough into small rounds with clean hands.

Cooking time varies with equipment and batch size. Follow school allergy rules for children’s meals; keep perishable lunches cold.

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