About this dish
A regal saffron rice dish encased in a golden pastry crust, filled with meat, fruit, and chestnuts.
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Ingredients
🍚3 cups rice
🥩500g lamb, cubed
🍈1/2 cup dried apricots and chestnuts
🌼1/2 tsp saffron
Method
Serves 21
Parboil the rice with saffron water until partially cooked.2
Braise the lamb with dried fruit and chestnuts until tender.3
Roll out a thin pastry dough and line a pot with it.4
Layer the rice and meat mixture inside, folding the pastry over the top.5
Bake until the pastry is golden, then invert onto a platter to serve.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Şah plov, meaning 'king's plov,' is an elaborate ceremonial version of Azerbaijani rice, historically served at royal courts.
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