Hawawshi — country by country
Spiced minced meat baked inside baladi bread until the crust crackles.
Every country brings its own touch. Here's how they differ.
🇪🇬 Egypt
⏱ 35 minInvented by a Cairo butcher named El-Hawawsh in the seventies, it spread from his shop to every oven in Egypt.
✨ What makes it special
The bread is the pan: meat, onion, and pepper bake inside baladi loaves so the fat crisps the crust from within.