Chicken Pastilla
For 6 Person
ingredients :
12 sheets of brick
1 chicken
400 g of onions
5 sprigs of cilantro
5 sprigs of parsley
1 c. soup spoon of cinnamon powder
2 c. tablespoons honey
50 g of butter
4 c. tablespoons olive oil
a little icing sugar
salt and pepper
Preparation:
- Bone the chicken and chop the flesh coarsely.
- Wash, dry , thin out and chop parsley and cilantro.
- Peel and finely chop the onions.
- Heat the oil in a casserole , add the meat and chopped onions and brown .
- Add the parsley mixture / coriander and cinnamon.
- Drizzle with honey, salt and pepper, mix well.
- Pour a little water in the bottom of the pan , lower the heat to low and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and delivering a little water during cooking if necessary.
- Preheat the oven gas mark 6 (180 ° C).
- Melt the butter and brush on the filo pastry (you can also do it with egg yolk ) .
- Ask half of filo pastry on top of each other on a sheet of parchment paper.
- Pour the chicken mixture in the center and spread it up to 2 inches from the edge of filo pastry .
- Fold edge of pastry over the filling and place over the remaining sheets of pastry .
- Fold the edges underneath.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes , until the pastilla is golden brown.
- Remove the pastilla the oven, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
- Serve immediately .