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Smen is a kind of preserved aged butter used in Arab and
Maghreb cooking. It is described as the most popular
cooking butter in Morocco and the Middle East,
it's similar to Eastern Ghee,
it's left to ferment in a cool dry place.
With its deep, pungent aroma and distinctive flavor,
it enhances many of Morocco's savory dishes,
especially couscous and tagines.
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Here are some of my recipes
that I prepared with Smen.
Moroccan soup called Harira
Beef tongue
Rfissa or Madhoussa
Couscous with vegetables
Chicken Moroccan style
Tangia
Couscous teffaya
Now that you have an idea about Smen, take a look
at the video to see how to prepare it.
I used 250 gram butter, 15 gram fresh oregano [which is not enough I'm afraid], 1 tablespoon salt & 250 ml water. Instead of a spoon or my hands I used the dough hooks of my hand mixer.
Can a mixer be used to make smen?
How much water does the butter have to absorb before it can be called smen. I drained 160 gram/ml water.
Is the temperature of any importance? I made the smen [if that what I made can be called smen] at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius [IMHO very very very warm].
How do you recognise smen which is not good anymore?
Yours sincerely,
M.
PS I do like your weblog very much but it takes a lot of time to download it.
http://monimaus-monalila.de.tl
Greetings from Austria
Moni
thanks a lot for sharing this recipe of making "smen"
take care
i have been cooking with smen for the past 11yrs and i never knew how it was made! thanks for the great video! is the butter supposed to be salted or unsalted??
choukran!
rania