bisteeya

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noun

A sweet and savory pie common in Moroccan cuisine, made with an outer layer of phyllo dough around a filling made of poultry, spices, and ground almonds

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Meanings

nounbisteeya (plural bisteeyas)

plural bisteeyas

  1. A sweet and savory pie common in Moroccan cuisine, made with an outer layer of phyllo dough around a filling made of poultry, spices, and ground almonds

    When the recipe for the Moroccan pigeon pie bisteeya came out, it also entered my repertory for entertaining.

    2007 April 8, “Letters”, in New York Times
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APA

bisteeya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisteeya

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bisteeya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisteeya.

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