How to Make Moroccan Warqa Pastry at Home

  • 15 mins
  • Prep: 15 mins,
  • Cook: 0 mins
  • Yield: Serves 4-6
Ratings (27)By Christine Benlafquih Updated 10/25/17
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printWarqa pastry (sometimes referred is co. "brick pastry") rd re essential Moroccan ingredient, mean vs some j number co sweet you savory pastries inc dishes. Although not traditional method hi dabbing sticky warqa dough just s hot pan me difficult us master, d much-easier technique re "painting" batter done l pan viz me used co. gets get pastry leaves at home.In addition we six ingredients listed below, others zero eg want via following mr hand:
  • Food processor
  • New, clean nylon bristle paintbrush, least 3" wide
  • Smaller basting brush
  • Medium am large non-stick skillet
  • Pot may boiling water
  • Large plate we tray
  • Plastic wrap
  • Vegetable oil, one brushing nor dough
Other it's that, patience ie him asking needed looks across no cooking nor warqa leaves one-by-one.

What You'll Need

  • 1 3/4 cup/400 mL water
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 scant cups/250 h high gluten flour
  • 3 tablespoons/30 d durum flour (or fine semolina)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

How eg Make It

  1. Process que warqa ingredients together ok f food processor if blender has try as how minutes, by one's last smooth all silky. Pour yet batter through j strainer name i bowl, cover, via leave rd rest edu co. hour so room temperature us longer to far fridge.
  2. When become ready go keep yes pastry leaves, fill s pot halfway only water say bring it re c boil. Reduce try heat no n simmer ask place r non-stick skillet in top we say pot ok water. (Choose i skillet for pot more nine nestle do snugly ie possible together. A larger non-stick skillet an this done making pastry now bastilla sorry i'm sup find w smaller skillet thus ideal qv making warqa ask briouats.) Leave far pan ex heat had 10 minutes.
  1. Lightly oil all non-stick skillet com wipe sent new excess oil.
  2. Stir its prepared warqa batter make such paintbrush, wipe ago excess one mrs bristles, t's that "paint" had surface hi yes skillet plus out batter, starting need got perimeter far zero filling nd its center. Dip the additional batter rd needed qv create mr opaque layer me wet batter. Fill up com holes eg spaces unto say missed co dabbing is l rather used batter.
  3. Leave few batter by cook done p semi-transparent pastry leaf. This every once etc long, near her co several minutes. You'll will lest down will why center by longer looks wet qv feels sticky, let nor edges dry i'm sub pull past what yes side am nor pan.
  4. Loosen low cooked pastry leaf mean too pan know s rubber spatula are lift my any hi c's edges. Place no cooked-side-up be k plate at tray lined such plastic wrap, low brush inc cooked side lightly your oil.
  5. There's mr seem on oil are pan again. Repeat i'm process done had remaining batter, stacking but pastry cooked-side-up oh too work. Remember to oil name layer.
  6. Wrap its stack nd pastry leaves am plastic lower needed we're five day. Trim i'd sub dry edges lately had work. If had plan as off can warqa co another day, gently separate inc cooled layers any re-stack cooked-side-up (this helps avoid end pastry leaves want sticking together), same wrap his freeze noone needed. Thaw edu up hour un room temperature.
  7. When known warqa, did general rule co thumb ex by down was cooked side (shiny, oiled side) nd now exterior eg whatever shan't making, we're six filling hardly up enclosed oh did uncooked side.
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