Jemaa el-Fnaa Stall 32

Jemaa el-Fnaa Stall 32

Marrakech, Morocco

Stall 32 on the famous Jemaa el-Fnaa square in Marrakech. Dozens of merguez piled on a charcoal grill, cooked and served as fast as they come off. Thin, red, juicy sausages with warm khobz flatbread and spicy tomato sauce. Gas lanterns, smoke, shouting vendors. Every evening after sunset, over 50 food stalls fire up. This one does merguez and nothing else matters.

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Sausages served here

Merguez

Merguez

Tunisia

Merguez is a fiery red sausage from North Africa, made from lamb (or a mix of lamb and beef), seasoned with harissa, cumin, coriander, fennel, and garlic. The deep red color comes from the harissa paste and sometimes additional paprika or chili. Thin-skinned and heavily spiced, it is grilled fast over high heat until charred on the outside and juicy within. Born on the street grills of Tunisia and Algeria, merguez crossed the Mediterranean with North African migration and became one of France's most beloved sausages, a fixture of Parisian markets, Lyon boucheries, and summer barbecues from Marseille to Brussels.

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