Chicken Basteeya Recipe

step 1

• STEP 1.Fry the almonds in the oil until they become golden brown, we need to remove excess oil from the almonds.

step 2

• STEP 2.Blend the almonds with the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and orange blossom water in a food processor until the almonds are crushed.

step 4

• STEP 1.To fold the bastilla brush your baking pan with melted butter. Pleat the phyllo pastry into 2 and put 3 layers in the middle of the baking pan. Place folded phyllo pastry sheets around the baking pan where 1/3 of their length is stand out the edge of the pan.

step 5

• STEP 3.Brush the phyllo pastry with melted butter. Spread the egg mixture in the middle of the pan. Cover it with 2 layers of phyllo pastry, then brush the phyllo pastry with melted butter.

step 6

• STEP 4.Then spread the chicken pieces and cover them with 2 layers of phyllo pastry. Brush the phyllo pastry with melted butter and spread the almond mixture.

step 7

• STEP 5.Cover it with 2 layers of phyllo pastry. Brush the phyllo pastry with melted butter. Carefully pleat over the phyllo dough from all sides and brush the top of the pastry with melted butter and egg yolk.

step 8

• STEP 6.Add 3-4 layers of phyllo dough pastry on top and insert them in the bottom of the pie. Brush the surface with melted butter and egg yolk.

step 9

• STEP 7.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake the bastilla for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Decorate the bastilla with sprinkled powdered sugar and cinnamon powder before serving.

step 10

• STEP 8.Serving serve the bastilla warm and juicy. Bonne appetit!