Egg and tuna briks with carrot salad
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Serves
4
| Egg and tuna briks |
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150 gm
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tinned tuna
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½ cup
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white onion, coarsely grated
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1 tbsp
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salted capers, rinsed
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1 tsp
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ground cumin
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1 tbsp
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extra-virgin olive oil
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8 sheets
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warkha pastry (see note)
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4
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free-range eggs
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For deep-frying:
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vegetable oil
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To serve:
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lemon wedges, quartered
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| Carrot salad |
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1 cup
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carrot, julienned, (about 1 carrot)
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¼ cup
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currants, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
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¼ cup (loosely packed)
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flat-leaf parsley leaves
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2 tbsp
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extra-virgin olive oil
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1 tsp
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ground cumin
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1
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lemon, juice only
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1
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To make the tuna filling, mix the tuna, onion, capers, cumin and olive oil and season generously with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Reserve until ready to use.
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2
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To make the carrot salad, combine all ingredients in a bowl and leave to marinate, covered, in the refrigerator.
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3
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To assemble the briks, lay 2 sheets of pastry over a 20cm plate. Fold in edges to create a 20cm square. Place a quarter of the tuna filling in centre of this square and make a depression in the centre. Break a raw egg into the depression and quickly fold diagonally to create a triangle. Using a pastry brush, moisten the triangle edges with water to seal. Repeat process with remaining 3 briks.
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4
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Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 190C and deep-fry briks for 2-3 minutes, turning once. Drain on kitchen paper and serve immediately with a squeeze of lemon and some carrot salad. When you cut into the briks the yolk should still be liquid.
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Note Warkha pastry, a traditional thin Tunisian pastry used for this dish, is available from The Essential Ingredient. If unavailable, substitute with filo pastry; using 2 sheets of filo, cut into a 30cm circle, for each brik.
RECIPE Andy Harris
PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Chen
STYLING Andy Harris