Alternative names | Bastilla, Basṭīla, R’zeema, Tajik, Malsouka |
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Type | Meat pie |
Region or state | Maghreb |
Associated cuisine | |
Main ingredients | Warka dough, broth, spices; squab, chicken, fish or offal |
Pastilla (Arabic: بسطيلة, romanized: basṭīla, also called North African pie) is a meat or seafood pie in Maghrebi cuisine made with warqa dough (ورقة), which is similar to filo. It is a specialty of Morocco, Algeria,[1][a][3][4] and Tunisia, where its variation is known as malsouka.[5]: 1190 [6] It has more recently been spread by emigrants to France, Israel, and North America.
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