For the crab, see Pastilla dacuna.

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Pastilla (pronounced "bastiyya"; Berber: Bastela), also transliterated bastilla, bisteeya, b'stilla or bstilla, is a traditional Berber^[1] Moroccan dish, an elaborate meat pie traditionally made of squab (fledgling pigeons). As squabs are often hard to get, shredded chicken is more often used today; pastilla can also use fish or offal as a filling. Pastilla is generally served as a starter at the beginning of special meals.

Example of pastilla

It is a pie which combines sweet and salty flavours; a combination of crisp layers of the crêpe-like warka dough (a thinner cousin of the phyllo dough), savory meat slow-cooked in broth and spices and shredded, and a crunchy layer of toasted and ground almonds, cinnamon, and sugar.^[2]

The filling is made a day ahead, and is made by browning the meat pieces in oil. The pieces are then transferred to a bowl, and with the remaining oil, onions, water, parsley, and various spices are cooked. The liquid is then chilled, and after, thickened to form a custard-like sauce with beaten eggs. The flesh and skin from the bones is shredded and added to the sauce, and it is chilled overnight.

In a round pizza pan, the first dough layer is added, and butter brushed onto it. The cook adds the sauce over the dough, and places two more sheets on top. It is then baked, sprinked with confectioner's sugar and perhaps more cinnamon, and served.^[3]

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Romina Contiero (born 1983) known as Tata Golosa is an Italian female singer and a professional dancer. She's married to Pavel Bartošek.

She became famous in 2007 with the videoclip Micromania, which became very popular in Brazil and Portugal and became a summer hit, a candidate to be the "song of the summer" in Spain. ^[1][2]

Romina Contiero has a degree in dance, teaches jazz dance and is a co-owner of three dance schools in Milan.^[1][2]

Discography[link]

• 2009: Fotonovela (album)
• 2008: La Pastilla (single)
• 2008: Micromania (single)
• 2007: Micromania (Los micrófonos) (videoclip)

References[link]

http://www.tatagolosa.eu/