Moroccan Seafood Bastila Recipe Video

How to make the famous Moroccan Fish Bastila, a savory thin flaky pie stuffed with fish and vermicelli. Your friends and family will be asking for more!

Summary

Preparation Time40 MinCooking Time20 Min
Ready In1 Hr 0 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Servings4CuisineMoroccan
CourseMain DishTasteSavour
FeelRichMethodBaking
SpecialityWeddingMain IngredientFish
Interest GroupGourmet

Ingredients

 
Ingredients of the Filling:
 
1/2 pound of squid
 
1/2 pound of white fish (tilapia, cat fish, etc.)
 
1/2 pound of peeled shrimp
 
1/2 cup of finely chopped cilantro
 
1 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice
 
4 oz of chinese vermicelli
 
1/2 teaspoon of crushed garlic
 
A large pinch of saffron
 
1 teaspoon of paprika
 
1/4 teaspoon of cumin
 
Red chili pepper (to taste)
 
1 teaspoon of salt (to taste)
 
1/4 teaspoon of pepper (to taste)
 
Ingredients for the wrap:
 
Spring roll pastry
 
2 egg yolks
 
4 tablespoons of butter

Directions

Steps to prepare the filling:
1- Cut the squid and white fish into small pieces.
2- Boil the squid pieces in water for 15 minutes before adding the white fish and shrimp to boil for another 10 minutes.
3- Remove the squid, fish, and shrimp from the water and reserve.
4- Put the chinese vermicelli to boil in the same water where the fish was boiled. Remove the vermicelli from the water after 5 minutes, drain it from excess water, and reserve.
5- On medium heat, melt the butter in a cooking pan. Add the fish, spices, parsley, and lemon juice. Mix all the ingredients and let them cook for the next 15 minutes while constantly stirring.
6- Add the chinese vermicelli to the fish mixture and mix well. Cut the vermicelli into smaller pieces with your spoon.

Steps to wrap the Bastila:
1- Place the spring roll pastries around you baking dish with 1/3 of the pastries hanging from the edges of the dish (see video). Place 1 or 2 spring roll pastries in the center of the baking dish.
2- Brush the pastries with melted butter and brush the edges with egg yolk.
3- Place the filling in the center of the baking dish and bring the pastry edges to the center.
4- Cover the top of the Bastila with 2 spring roll pastries and tuck in their edges. Brush with melted butter and egg yolk.
5- Bake the Bastila for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

Serving:
Broil the Bastila for 1 minute before serving and decorate with shrimp, parsley leaves, and lemon slices. Enjoy!

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Editors Review

Seafood is a favorite with all. Here is a wonderful video to make the popular Moroccan seafood bastila. This is a savory thin flaky pie stuffed with fish, shrimp, squid and vermicelli. This filling is flavorful and wonderfully spiced with Moroccan flavors. Follow this video to prepare this amazing recipe and surprise your guests.

Comments

Anonymous says :

Very tasty! I do have 2 suggestions though: 1. Don't boil the shrimp. I found that after boiling them and sauteeing them, and finally baking them in the crust, the shrimp were very very overcooked. I would just toss them in the pan with the boiled fish and squid. 2. Don't use too many pastry layers! I used waaaaaaay too many and I had a really hard time cutting through it.
Posted on: 13 July 2010 - 6:33pm

brenda padilla says :

diz lookz really good imma use thiz recipe for ma skool food festival :)
Posted on: 12 April 2010 - 11:26am

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