Turkey Bisteeya

Bisteeya, the great classical dish of Morocco, is one of the most spectacular dishes in the world. Traditionally it is a pigeon pie with eggs, almonds, lemon juice, an array of spices—all enclosed in a crackly crust of paper-thin layers of pastry wrapped up like a present. We’ve made it for parties for years, always with chicken, but why not turkey?

We usually serve this with Oranges Orientales or a bowl of pomegranate seeds on the side. A light Beaujolais or a Gamay-Beaujolais make