Moroccan chicken pastilla

Personally, I'm not too keen on the traditional sweet style Bastilla ;( So many people ask me, how can you be Moroccan and not like the sweet style one? I'm so sorry, I must be boring I guess. But if you happen to be like me and don't think you fancy adding the nut mix, you can do as I do and just leave that bit out, and when you glaze with egg yolk sprinkle some black seeds or sesame seeds on top for garnish instead of the sugar and cinnamon.

The mini chicken Pastillas is a smaller version of the classic Moroccan chicken Pastilla, a sumptuous dish dating back to the Andalusian era.

Bastila (Pastilla) is a moroccan stuffed pastry made from -Werka- a moroccan Filo-like dough but more thinner and transparent. Combining between sweet and savory, chicken Bastilla is made from layers of chicken, an egg mixture and sweetened grinded almonds. There is also a savory Bastila made from seafood 🦀🦐🦑

Pastilla, or bastilla, is a Moroccan pie, which looks dead impressive but is surprisingly easy to make. It doesn’t matter if it’s not that neat – we like rustic. We used pistachio nuts when we cooked this in Fez for our telly show, but the locals prefer almonds. The choice is yours.

Pastilla (Moroccan Chicken Pie aka. bastilla) fuses together sweet and savoury to create a rustic-looking dish that’s aromatic and full of flavour. Plus, how often do you get to dust your lunch with icing sugar?

Chicken Pastilla, a scrumptious Moroccan delicacy, made easy in a skillet. Tender shredded chicken with aromatic spices wrapped in crisp pastry layers.

I just love this crisp Moroccan pastilla recipe: crunchy baked pastry triangles filled with juicy chicken and Eastern spices...

Andy Cooks on Instagram: "Pastilla (Moroccan Chicken Pie) 🥧 Full recipe on my website, to big for the description sorry ✌️ #cooking #pie #chicken #foodlover"