brik

/ brɪk /

noun

1. a Tunisian deep-fried spicy pastry filled with fish or meat and sometimes an egg

Word History and Origins

Origin of brik¹

Arabic

Example Sentences

In France, I saw baklava made with brik, a Middle Eastern pastry that’s like a cross between phyllo and giant, paper-thin crepes.

From Seattle Times

Karen Jurgensen, one of my fellow chef instructors at Seattle Culinary Academy, recently made baklava from brik that took the delightful form of crescent moons or horns.

From Seattle Times

They stuff it in brik, the hot pastries of shatter-crisp dough.

From New York Times

Seated opposite Cushnie, drama and humanities instructor Steph Hankinson raised her eyebrows and smiled as she watched a runny egg yolk spill out of her brik, a samosa-shaped fried pastry.

From Seattle Times

“I need an order of the brik and saganaki!”

From Seattle Times