# brik ![[brikdish.jpg|300]] main ingredients: eggs pastry brik ( breek; بريك) or burek is the north african version of borek a stuffed malsouka pastry which is commonly deep fried. the best-known version is the egg brik a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion tuna harissa and parsley. with a slightly different shape but with identical ingredients and method of preparation the brik is known in algeria and libya as bourek (بوراك.) it is often filled with a raw egg and herbs or tuna harissa and olives and is sometimes served in a pita. this is also known as a boreeka brik pastry is made by slapping a sticky lump of dough onto a hot non-stick surface in overlapping circles to produce the desired size and cooked for a short amount of time. the brik dough sheets are called malsouka or warka. typical fillings include tuna ground meat raw egg chicken or anchovies garnished with harissa capers or cheese # regional variants and preparation although the food's origins are hard to trace directly it dates back at least 500 years in the past. in addition to its unclear origins it's also not known by a singular name; across the middle east even now the popular food can be referred to as bric börek burek warqa or malsouka. the common ingredients in every brik - regardless of how it is called - include the deep fried pastry crust and proteins (like tuna or egg) encased within the wrapping such as the common french spin known as brik a l'oeuf to prepare a classic tunisian brik one must fold the outer pastry into triangle shapes stuff the mixed ingredients into the wrapper and then heat them in a frying pan for two to three minutes on each side // republic of bob