Chicken Bastilla Mini

Name: Chicken Bastilla Mini
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 600g chicken thighs, poached and shredded; 16 sheets filo pastry; 3 eggs, beaten; 150g blanched almonds, ground; 2 tbsp icing sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 onion, diced; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 pinch saffron; 80g butter, melted

Individual Moroccan chicken pies in filo — the festive pastilla made into elegant individual portions.

Total time

60 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mediterranean

Ingredients

600gchicken thighs, poached and shredded

16 sheetsfilo pastry

3eggs, beaten

150gblanched almonds, ground

2 tbspicing sugar

1 tspground cinnamon

1onion, diced

1 tspground ginger

1 pinchsaffron

80gbutter, melted

Instructions

Cook onion in butter with ginger and saffron, add chicken and toss.

Add beaten eggs and scramble gently into chicken.

Mix ground almonds with icing sugar and cinnamon.

Cut filo into squares, brush with butter and layer 4 squares per portion.

Place almond mixture then chicken filling in the centre.

Gather filo up around filling and twist to seal.

Brush with butter.

Bake at 190C for 20 minutes until golden. Dust with icing sugar.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

945

Protein

65.8g

Fat

46.7g

Carbs

66.8g

Fiber

7.1g

Sodium

536mg

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