Chicken and Date Pastilla
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken and Date Pastillan a try. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 686 calories, 42g of protein, and 34g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up phyllo dough, parsley, chili flakes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.
Instructions
Add the chicken, skin down, brown and set aside.
Add the onions and saute until tender, about 7-12 minutes.
Add the garlic, cumin, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, chili flakes, turmeric and saffron and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
Put the chicken back in the pan along with the stock, cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 30 minutes.
Remove the chicken, let it cool and shred it.
Put the chicken back in the pan along with the eggs, dates, raisins, cilantro and almonds, mix and season with salt and pepper.
Place a sheet of phyllo on your working surface and brush with the olive oil.
Place a sheet of phyllo on top forming a plus sign and brush with olive oil and repeat until all sheets are done.
Place the phyllo into a 9 inch spring form pan, fill with the chicken mixture and fold the overhanging phyllo over the top sealing the pie.
Brush the top with olive oil.
Bake in a preheated 375F/190C oven until golden brown, about 30-40 minutes.
Let cool and dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.