FEATURE RECIPE
Egg and tuna briks with carrot salad

Egg and tuna briks with carrot salad

Serves 4



Egg and tuna briks
150 gm   tinned tuna
½ cup   white onion, coarsely grated
1 tbsp   salted capers, rinsed
1 tsp   ground cumin
1 tbsp   extra-virgin olive oil
8 sheets   warkha pastry (see note)
4   free-range eggs
For deep-frying:   vegetable oil
To serve:   lemon wedges, quartered
Carrot salad
1 cup   carrot, julienned, (about 1 carrot)
¼ cup   currants, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
¼ cup (loosely packed)   flat-leaf parsley leaves
2 tbsp   extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp   ground cumin
1   lemon, juice only


1 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.
2 To make the carrot salad, combine all ingredients in a bowl and leave to marinate, covered, in the refrigerator.
3 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.
4 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.

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


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