Stuffed Seafood · Central Coast
Calamars Farcis (Stuffed Calamari)
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The stuffing is often mostly greens rather than meat, making this one of the lighter stuffed dishes in Tunisian cooking despite being built around seafood.
Whole squid are stuffed with a filling built around chard, spinach or parsley mixed with rice and onion, then simmered in a tomato sauce, either served alone or piled onto couscous.
Why it's made this way: Stuffed calamari is a specialty of Tunisia's central coast, particularly Sousse and neighboring Monastir, where daily squid catches made it a natural coastal counterpart to inland stuffing traditions.
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