Several years ago I travelled Morocco with my good friend Jess. We were on the uber budget, post-university 'backpack through Europe' adventure and Morocco was one of our last stops. It was definitely a trip highlight, a place so rich in sights, sounds and scents - rich in culture and kindness and of course, cuisine. One of our favourite dishes was a flaky pastry dish flavoured with cinnamon, almonds and raisins called pastilla. I thank the language barrier because had we of actually known that the pastilla we ate was made with pigeon (gasp, the horror!) we probably wouldn't have eaten it and I never would have known about this fabulous dish. After much googling, I recently found this delicious recipe for chicken pastilla on the drool-worthy blog, La Tartine Gourmande. One of the best things about pastilla is the scent of cinnamon and saffron that waft through the house while it bakes - yumm!
Photos from our trip to Morocco in the next post...
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