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Moroccan Lamb Tagine
i've had a couple of friends cook me lamb tagine before, but it was never quite what i was expecting. so i found about 5 different one' s and took out the basics and added my own flavour from there.
moderate16 ingredients18 preparation steps
Ingredients
- lamb shoulder
- sweet potatoes
- green beans
- onion
- tomatoes
- garlic cloves
- plum tomatoes
- cashew nuts
- masala
- turmeric
- ground coriander
- ground ginger
- saffron
- salt and pepper
- cinnamon
- honey
Preparation
- 1preheat oven to gas mark 7
- 2cut meat from lamb shoulder in 4cm cubes
- 3mix together marsala , tumeric , coriander , ginger , salt
- 4rub half of this mixture into the meat
- 5put meat in pot to brown
- 6add sliced onions , tomatoes and garlic and some more spice
- 7allow to brown
- 8add saffron and water , stir for 3 4 min , add remaining spice
- 9add dices sweet potato and 1 tin plum tomatoes in sauce , break up tomatoes slightly in pot
- 10leave to simmer for 3 - 4 min
- 11add 2 tsp cinnamon , nuts and a generous squeeze of honey , stir together
- 12transfer to oven proof dish no lid
- 13place in oven for 15 min then drop temperature to gas mark 3
- 14cook for another 1hr
- 15add sliced green beans and return to oven for another 30 minute
- 16to serve:
- 171 cup of cous cous pour into bowl and just cover with boiling water , cover bowl with sideplate and allow to stand 3 4 minute
- 18sweet nutty butternut - 1 butternut , diced and boiled