Algeria

Algeria (#19) Batata Merhiya (Layered Mashed Potatoes and Beef)

After making that delicious Moroccan dish, I decided to try something else from North Africa, and found a wonderful Algerian recipe.  It’s basically meat and potatoes with a topping of gruyere.  I found the recipe on-line and have since bought the cookbook that was referenced – The Great Book of Couscous.  The book is filled with wonderful recipes from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.  North African cuisine is heavily influenced by the French because of the conquest of Algeria by the French in the early 1800’s.  There are so many recipes from this book I can’t wait to try.