Hidangan Berber

Hidangan Amazigh (Berber) adalah masakan tradisional asal Afrika Utara. Gaya hidangan dipengaruhi tradisi Pegunungan Atlas Maroko dengan berbagai hi with a varied history and influence of numerous flavours from distinct regions across North Africa. The traditional cuisine draws influences from Morocco's Atlas mountains and heavily populated Berber cities and regions, as well as Algeria's Berber cities and regions.

Berber cuisine differs from one area to another within North Africa and West Africa(Mauritania). For this reason, every dish has a distinct and unique identity according to the specific region it originates from in North Africa, with some dishes estimated to be more than a thousand years old. Zayanes of the region of Khénifra around the Middle Atlas have a cuisine of a remarkable simplicity. It is based primarily on corn, barley, ewe's milk, goat cheese, butter, honey, meat, and game. Popular authentic Berber preparations of Tunisian, Moroccan, Algerian, and Libyan, Mauritanian cuisine include tajine, couscous, shakshouka, pastilla, msemen, merguez, asida, lablabi, harissa, makroudh, harira, sfenj, and ahriche.

Ragam Masakan Berber

BesṭilaCouscous dengan ragam sayuran Tajine dengan wortel

Masakan Berber antara lain:

• Baghrir, kue dadar terbuat dari tepung semolina
• Bouchiar (wafer tanpa ragi yang direndam dengan mentega dan madu alam)
• Bourjeje (kue dadar yang mengandung tepung, telur, ragi, dan garam)
• Roti dengan ragi biang
• Couscous, makanan yang telah mendunia
• Chakhchoukha, masakan Chaoui berupa roti tawar yang dihidangkan [ada acara tertentu
• Akanaf, domba panggang - satu ekor domba utuh yang dipanggang pada oven khusus akanaf. Sebelumnya domba telah dibumbui dengan racikan mentega. Karena keistimewaannya, akanaf biasa disajikan saat pesta
• Merguez, sosis pedas yang terbuat dari daging domba
• Mamita, disajikan dalam satu wajan yang berisi macam-macam sayur, daging, dan rempah
• Pastilla – (Berber: besṭila)
• Tajine, a very diversified dish, made in various forms:
  • Tajine with chicken, lemon and olives
  • Tajine with tuna
  • Tajine with sardines
  • Tajine with lamb meat and caramelized plum
  • Tajine with plums
  • Tajine with legumes and endives
  • Tajine with turkey and potatoes
• Tahricht (containing offal: brain, tripe, lung, heart; these ingredients are rolled up with the intestines on a stick of oak and cooked on embers)

Although they are the original inhabitants of North Africa, Berbers lived in very contained communities, in spite of various incursions by Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Ottomans and French. Having been subject to limited external influences, these populations lived free from factors making for acculturation.

Couscous dan tajine adalah hidangan yang wajib ada dalam jamuan dan perayaan.