Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Breads and Pastries
Musakhan Flatbread / Pastry
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 8 chicken thighs, bone-in
- • 4 taboon breads (or markook flatbreads)
- • 4 large onions, thinly sliced
- • 4 tbsp ground sumac
- • 1/2 cup olive oil
- • 1/4 cup pine nuts
- • 1 1/2 tsp salt
- • 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Toss the chicken with 2 tbsp sumac, half the oil, the salt, and pepper; rest 1 hour.
2
Phase 2
Cook the onions slowly in the remaining oil until soft and translucent; stir in the rest of the sumac.
3
Phase 3
Roast the chicken at 200C for 40-45 minutes until tender and browned.
4
Phase 4
Lay the breads on trays, brush with pan juices, spread with the sumac onions, and scatter the chicken on top.
5
Phase 5
Return to the oven for 10 minutes until the bread crisps at the edges.
6
Phase 6
Brown the pine nuts in a little of the pan fat, scatter over, and cut into wedges to serve.