Briouat

A brioua or briwa, plural briwat (Arabic: بريوات) is a sweet or savory puff pastry. It is part of the Moroccan cuisine.^[1][2][3] Briouats are filled with meat (mostly chicken or lamb) or fish and shrimp, mixed with cheese, lemon and pepper. They are wrapped in warqa (a paper-thin dough) in a triangular or cylindrical shape. Briouats can also be sweet, filled with almond or peanut paste and fried, then dipped in warm honey flavored with orange blossom water.

Briouat / Briwat

Type	Puff pastry
Place of origin	Morocco
Main ingredients	Meat (chicken or lamb), or (fish and shrimp), cheese, lemon, black pepper; herbs, spices
Media: Briouat / Briwat

The briouats are fried or baked and then sprinkled with herbs, spices and sometimes with powdered sugar.

See also

• Food portal

• List of pastries
• List of African dishes
• Maghrebi cuisine