Turkey pastilla

• Published date: 19 December 2020
• Author: Lilly Higgins
• Date: 19 December 2020

The lunchtime stroll to get a sandwich became a wander into the kitchen to make toast. The appetite (excuse the pun) for new and exciting dinner recipes was huge. It was fantastic to see so many people cooking and taking an interest in what they were creating each evening in their own homes.

One of my favourite communal dinners was on our wedding day a few years ago. I had seen the wonderful Eunice Power create a Middle Eastern supper club in Cafe Idaho in Cork a few years previously and I just loved the platters of brightly coloured food, bursting with flavour. Eunice always has incredible attention to detail and makes everything look as stunning as it tastes. I just knew she would be the perfect person to create our wedding feast. Along with her talented team, they barbecued outside, spread hummus, assembled pavlovas, dolloped lemon curd and scattered petals. One of the main courses that Eunice made for us that day was the chicken pastilla from Honey & Co in London. The gently...