Apple pastries filled with chicken, prune, and walnut

Apple pastries filled with chicken, prune, and walnut

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Apple pastries filled with ground chicken, prune, walnut, and herbs, baked in a chicken broth: a sweet and savory dish from Azerbaijan.

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These apple pastries are filled with a mixture of chicken, prune, and walnut, and then baked in a broth. The sweet-and-savory combination is a specialty of Azerbaijan.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$8.93 $2.23 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.39
  • $3.27
  • $0.23
  • $0.26
  • $0.44
  • $0.10
  • $0.18
  • $0.87
  • $1.06
  • $0.95
  • $0.04
  • $0.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 11 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Clean the chicken and chop it. Prepare a broth using the chicken bones. Wash the plums and chop them finely, also chop the walnuts, wash the herbs and chop them finely.
  2. Peel the onion and garlic, finely chop them, and sauté them in the pan for 2 minutes. Add the ground chicken and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Then add the plums, walnuts, herbs, salt, and pepper, and mix well.
  3. Cut the top off the apples, core them, and fill them with the filling. ≈ 10 min
  4. Arrange the filled apples in a deep dish or baking pan, place a piece of butter on each, and cover them with their lids.
  5. Pour the in chicken broth, cover with aluminum foil or a lid, and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 15 to 20 minutes.

The bill

Apple pastries filled with chicken, prune, and walnut

  • 4 apple acids$1.39
  • 250 to 300g of chicken breast$3.27
  • 1 to 2 onions$0.23
  • 20 grams of plums$0.26
  • 20 grams of walnut kernels$0.44
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.10
  • 20 grams of butter$0.18
  • 250 to 375 ml of chicken broth$0.87
  • parsley$1.06
  • dill$0.95
  • salt$0.04
  • pepper$0.14

Total$8.93

that's $2.23 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 4 apple acids
  • 250 to 300g of chicken breast
  • 1 to 2 onions
  • 20 grams of plums
  • 20 grams of walnut kernels
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 20 grams of butter
  • 250 to 375 ml of chicken broth
  • parsley
  • dill
  • salt
  • pepper

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