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Marrakech, Morocco

Top food to try in Marrakech

6 dishes to eat in Marrakech, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-08

1. Tagine

Tagine
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Slow-cooked in the conical clay pot that names it — lamb with prune, chicken with preserved lemon and olive.

2. Couscous on Friday

Couscous on Friday
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Steamed three times over broth and served after Friday prayers. Traditionally a Friday dish rather than an everyday one.

3. Tanjia

Tanjia
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A Marrakech speciality: beef or lamb sealed in an urn and cooked for hours in the ashes of the hammam furnace.

4. Harira

Harira
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Tomato, lentil and chickpea soup with a lemon finish, the traditional break of the Ramadan fast.

5. Msemen and beghrir

Msemen and beghrir
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Layered square griddle bread and spongy semolina pancakes, eaten with honey and butter at breakfast.

6. Pastilla

Pastilla
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A sweet-savoury pigeon or chicken pie in warqa pastry, dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar.

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