Photo: Lily Banse
Chicken & almond pastillas
19 ingredients
40 min
Makes 6
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Morocco's very own version of the pasty - spiced meat and apricots are wrapped in crisp filo pastry and finished with cinnamon sugar
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1071
Calories
55g
Protein
23g
Fat
161g
Carbs
Counts 16 of 18 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 50g butter , melted, plus 1 tbsp for the pan
- 1 red onion , finely chopped
- thumb-sized piece ginger , grated
- 2 garlic cloves , crushed
- 1 tbsp cinnamon , plus ½ tsp for dusting
- 10 cardamom pods , seeds removed
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 6 boneless chicken thighs , skin removed
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 500ml chicken stock
- 1 tbsp clear honey
- 100g ground almonds
- zest 1 orange
- 85g dried apricots , chopped
- 50g toasted flaked almonds
- small handful parsley , chopped
- 6 sheets feuille de brick or filo pastry
- 1 large egg , beaten
- icing sugar , for dusting (optional)
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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