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Nabila's Kitchen: Chicken Bastilla

Bastilla: Moroccan sweet and savory chicken pie You want something that's as satisfying to the eye at as it delicious to taste? Try this bastilla. I've asked Nabila to make it at least half a dozen times, but never had the time to write down the recipe. Lissa & Natasha are a mother and daughter who stayed at Dar Al Hajj for a week and a half during the beginning of Ramadan, and we agreed to have the bastilla for ftour. This year (2014) the month of Ramadan began only a week after the summer solstice, so ftour, the breaking of the fast, did not begin until around 8 P.M. Lissa and Natasha were not fasting, but I was, at least at the time. So, thanks, ladies, for agreeing to delay your meal, and thanks for writing down the recipe, and thanks as always to Nabila for doing what you do so brilliantly. Bastilla, with its dusting of powdered sugar and cinnamon over a filo-encrusted chicken pie filled with a savory egg roux and crushed almonds, is normally a dinner for spe