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Tunisian Fricassee Sandwich

Tuna, pumpkin and lemon cooked in a pan and spiced with cayenne and paprika. Finish with pickle and green and black olives.

3 hr · Serves 4 · Takes some skill

Serves
4

Ingredients

Pumpkin sauce

Buns

Filling

Time
Prep 120 min · Cook 60 min · 180 min total
Difficulty
hard
  1. 1

    Pumpkin. Cook pumpkin and garlic,mash together add rest of ingredients. Buns mix all ingredients start with one cup water and add more if needed.

  2. 2

    Knead dough until it stretches between two fingers and doesnt break form 20 balls roll out into cigar shape like 6" sub bun.

  3. 3

    Let rise. Until doubled. Fry in fat that comes up to middle of bun. Let cool a little. Slice length wise.

  4. 4

    Put pumpkin on one side. Eggs on other side. Fill with tuna that has potatoes with it in the middle.

  5. 5

    Mix in lemon juice. Top with pickle and green and black olives.

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