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Algeria · Constantine (East)
Chrik is the small round brioche of Constantine, light and soft, scented with orange-blossom water and topped with sesame seeds or crystal sugar. It is eaten at breakfast and at four o'clock with mint tea or milky coffee, but its real place is the Ramadan evening "smat" of Constantine, where it comes to the table beside mhalbi (rice cream) and fruit salad, and at the end of wedding meals. Oran's mouna is its close cousin.
The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 11 ingredients and 7 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.