The next stop on our Cooking the Atlas journey is Algeria!

Originally, I bought a tagine and planned to make a chicken tagine for this meal. Then I started researching recipes.

That’s when I discovered there’s quite a debate online about whether tagine is truly Algerian or more closely associated with Morocco. Since I have no authority whatsoever to settle that debate, I’ve decided to put my new tagine pot on the back burner and go with a different menu instead.

Here’s what we’ll be making on July 4:

🍽️ Berkoukes Biham

🥖 Khobz el Dar

🍰 Qalb el Louz

🍵 Hot Mint Tea

Every recipe is from The Teal Tadjine, https://thetealtadjine.blogspot.com, which has quickly become one of my favorite websites for this project.

The menu doesn’t look too intimidating, although I still need to track down berkoukes. While the rules of this game probably require that I hand-roll them, I quite simply do not possess that kind of patience.

The lamb has already been ordered from our local sheep farm, and I still need to find some harissa. After my shopping trip for Afghanistan, I’m trying not to get too confident, but I’m cautiously optimistic.

We’ll see how it goes.