Pastries

Samsa

سمسة

Algeria

Triangles of malsouka pastry layered with ground almond and sesame, fried and soaked in rose or geranium syrup.

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Samsa sticker illustration

Original eatfuls sticker artwork

What it is

A closer look at Samsa.

Triangles of malsouka pastry layered with ground almond and sesame, fried and soaked in rose or geranium syrup.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

The geranium water version is the Tunisian signature. It should stay crisp under the syrup rather than going limp.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Samsa.

Native to

Algeria

Country-wide tradition

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Native to

Tunisia

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

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