B’stilla aux Pigeons

Name: B’stilla aux Pigeons
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 24 warkha pastry leaves; melted butter; 2 egg yolks, beaten with a little water; 2 egg yolks, beaten with a little water; groundnut (peanut) oil; 6 young pigeons, boned and quartered; pigeon giblets; icing sugar; 6 tablespoons melted butter; 3 tablespoons orange-flower water; 4 tablespoons orange-flower water; 1–2 teaspoons powdered cinnamon; 450 g/1 lb (4 cups) ground almonds; 6 tablespoons icing (confectioners’) sugar; 1 Spanish onion, peeled and coarsely grated; 6 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and chopped; powdered cinnamon; 1 packet (heaped ½ teaspoon) powdered saffron; icing (confectioners’) sugar; 900 ml/1½ pints (3¾ cups) water; 100 g/¼ lb (½ cup) butter; salt; 6 tablespoons olive oil; 1½ teaspoons coarse salt; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 6 sprigs fresh green coriander, chopped; 6 sprigs flat-leafed (Italian) parsley, chopped; 1 teaspoon powdered ginger; 1 packet (heaped teaspoon) powdered saffron; 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Taste of Morocco

By Robert Carrier

Published 1987

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Ingredients

24 warkha pastry leaves
melted butter
2 egg yolks, beaten with a little

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Method

The day before you want to serve the b’stilla, rub the pigeon quarters and giblets with salt, leave for 1 hour, then wash off salt, drain and dry. Place pigeon quarters and giblets in a large bowl.
To make the chermoula, combine all the ingredients in a bowl, then pour over pigeons and giblets. Rub in well, then leave to marinate for at least 2 ho