Bastilla

Name: Bastilla
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 lb bone-in chicken thighs; 3 unit yellow onions, sliced; 6 unit large eggs; 1 ½ cup blanched almonds; ¼ cup granulated sugar; 2 tsp ground cinnamon, divided; 1 tsp ground ginger; 6 tbsp butter, melted; 12 slice phyllo dough; 1 ½ tsp salt

Breads & Baking · African & Middle Eastern

10 ingredients · 150 minutes · 8 servings

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657kcal52g protein42.6g fat18.1g carbs*

Contains dairy, egg, tree nut

Restrictions

Containsdairy · egg · tree nutIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Diets

No porkNo alcohol

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

3 lb	bone-in chicken thighs
3 unit	yellow onions, sliced
6 unit	large eggs
1 ½ cup	blanched almonds
¼ cup	granulated sugar
2 tsp	ground cinnamon, divided
1 tsp	ground ginger
6 tbsp	butter, melted
12 slice	phyllo dough
1 ½ tsp	salt

Steps

braise45 min
chicken tender and onions collapsed into a concentrated cooking base
Cook chicken gently with onion, ginger, half the cinnamon and salt until tender. Keep the liquid controlled; the finished filling must be flavorful without carrying excess water into the pastry.
reduce15 min
cooking liquid thick and nearly dry
Remove and shred the chicken, then reduce the onion mixture until no watery liquid pools in the pan. Stir in beaten eggs over gentle heat until just set and cohesive.
toast8 min
almonds fragrant and lightly golden
Toast the almonds, cool briefly, then chop and mix with sugar and the remaining cinnamon. Keeping this layer relatively dry preserves the sweet-savory contrast and protects the pastry.
fold15 min
filling fully enclosed by overlapping buttered phyllo
Layer buttered phyllo in a round baking dish, add chicken, egg-onion mixture and almonds in distinct layers, then fold the overhang across the top and patch any exposed seams.
bake35 min
shell deeply golden and audibly crisp
Bake until the phyllo is browned all over and crisp through the base. Pale pastry usually signals trapped moisture or insufficient baking, both of which flatten the defining texture.
rest10 min
pie set enough to cut cleanly
Rest briefly before slicing so the layers settle without steaming the crust soft.