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Chicken Pie with Raisins and Pine Nuts

A round phyllo pie filled with shredded chicken, leek and red onion, warm spices, golden raisins, pine nuts, mint, and two Greek cheeses. Serve warm or at room temperature.

  • YieldServes 8; one 30 cm round pie
  • Hands-on1 h 10 min
  • Total2 h 5 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Filling

  • 160 mlextra-virgin Greek olive oil, 2 tablespoons for the vegetables, the rest for brushing the phyllo
  • 1leek, trimmed, washed well and chopped
  • 220 gred onions, chopped; about 2 cups
  • 2 clovesgarlic, minced
  • 65 gpine nuts
  • 400 gcooked chicken, shredded; about 3 cups
  • 100 ggraviera cheese, grated
  • 75 gGreek feta, grated
  • 75 gGreek golden raisins
  • 50 gfresh mint, chopped; or 3 tablespoons dried
  • 25 gfresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • ½ tspground cloves
  • 1 tspground cumin
  • ½ tspnutmeg, freshly grated
  • to tastesalt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 tbsprice, bulgur wheat or quinoa, raw; only if the filling is looseoptional

Pastry

  • 225 g#4 phyllo, frozen or chilled; if frozen, thawed overnight in the fridge, then at room temperature

Diet

  • Mediterranean

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Sulfites
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Pine nut
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Rice
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Leek
  • Parsley
  • Mint
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Nutmeg
  • Cumin
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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