B'stilla (Pigeon Pie) - Middle Eastern Recipe

B'stilla (Pigeon Pie)

🌍 Middle Eastern, Morocco Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1 chicken (poached, shredded) or pigeon
• ½ cup almonds (toasted, chopped)
• 3 eggs
• 1 onion
• saffron
• ginger
• cinnamon
• parsley
• cilantro
• 2 tbsp sugar
• phyllo pastry
• butter
• powdered sugar + cinnamon to dust

Method

1. Cooking — Cook chicken with onion, spices, herbs. Shred. Scramble eggs into cooking liquid.
2. Layering — Layer phyllo on buttered round pan. Add chicken, then egg, then almond layers.
3. Folding — Fold phyllo over, top with more sheets. Bake 190°C (375°F) 30 min. Dust powdered sugar and cinnamon.

Tags: chicken or pigeon, almonds, eggs, onion, saffron · Source: Brittani's Almanac