✨ Chicken Pastilla with homemade filo dough
(Adapted from allrecipes.com & themediterraneandish.com)
Filo Dough (substitute for Warqa – Moroccan brick pastry)
1. Mix: 150g flour, 8g olive oil, 2g salt, 80g warm water, 5g vinegar.
2. Knead till smooth, rest 1–2 hrs.
3. Divide into 10 balls (~25g).
4. Dust with mix: 30g cornstarch + 5g flour.
5. Roll each to 10cm rounds.
6. Stack (5 each), roll gently bigger.
7. Separate, re-dust, and re-roll to 25cm rounds.
8. Stack with parchment, loosely roll, chill.
Chicken Filling
1. Brown 900g chicken (salt/pepper, 2 tbsp olive oil), set aside.
2. Sauté 1 sliced onion + 2 minced garlic cloves in oil.
3. Add: 2 tsp ras el hanout, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp chilli flakes, ½ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp ginger.
4. Add 150ml water + chicken, simmer till cooked.
5. Shred chicken.
6. In broth, cook 3 beaten eggs until slightly thick.
7. Stir in chicken, 2 chopped medjool dates, toasted almonds, herbs.
Assemble & Bake
1. Preheat to 180°C (350°F).
2. Brush 25cm cast iron pan with oil.
3. Layer filo, brushing olive oil between sheets.
4. Fill center, fold edges to seal.
5. Bake 15–20 min until golden.
6. Brush with date syrup (or honey) + sprinkle almonds in last 5 min.
Sweet, savory, spiced, and crispy — a golden pie of many layers.
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a Moroccan royal dish for picnic why not first we’re making some pubes thin pastry sheets for the important thing here is to let the dough rest for 1 to 2 hours after kneading and develop gluten hence elasticity so it will be easier to roll them out very thinly afterwards you can absolutely buy the frozen one in supermarket but if you want to challenge yourself this is said to be the most difficult diet out there then it’s time to make fillings for pasta often considered royal or festive people traditionally use pigeon nowadays it is common to have chicken or seafood we adore this pie for its combined sweetness and savoriness chopped dates caramelized onions and some date syrup brush on top make it slightly sweet lots of spices including most importantly hanut a Moroccan spice blend give a warm and earthy layered aroma on the side we toss together some Moroccan carrot salad with date syrup added of course you just cannot have enough dates now you have it an utterly satisfying dish perfect for a picnic on a sunny day you might be thinking