Moroccan Lamb Tagine Recipe

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Ingredients:

Serving

1 kg lamb shoulder
4 small sweet potatoes, cut into chunks
250 g sliced green beans
1 large onion, finely sliced
2 -3 large tomatoes, quartered
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 (8 oz) can plum tomatoes
1 small handful cashew nuts or 1 small pistachio nut
2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground ginger
1 pinch saffron , soaked in water (30 min , whisky glass full)
salt and pepper
2 tsp cinnamon
squeeze honey

Directions:

Preheat oven to Gas mark 7 (220degrees).
Cut meat from lamb shoulder in 4cm cubes.
Mix together marsala, tumeric, coriander, ginger, salt. Rub half of this mixture into the meat. Put meat in pot to brown.
Add sliced onions, tomatoes and garlic and some more spice…. Allow to brown.
Add saffron and water, stir for 3 – 4 min, add remaining spice.
Add dices sweet potato and 1 tin plum tomatoes in sauce, break up tomatoes slightly in pot.
Leave to simmer for 3 - 4 min.
Add 2 tsp cinnamon, nuts and a generous squeeze of honey, stir together.
Transfer to oven proof dish – no lid.
Place in oven for 15 min then drop temperature to Gas mark 3 (150 degrees).
Cook for another 1hr.
Add sliced green beans and return to oven for another 30 minute.
To serve:.
1 cup of cous cous – pour into bowl and just cover with boiling water, cover bowl with sideplate and allow to stand 3 – 4 minute.
Sweet nutty butternut - 1 butternut, diced and boiled.
Chop up more of the nuts you used in the tagine, add butter, salt, pepper and cinnamon to small frying pan – cook for 2 - 3 min, add tsp cinnamon and generous squeeze of honey, stir until it boils. Pour over cooked butternut and serve immediately.
2 tbsp Greek yoghurt per person, mixed with finely chopped mint.
Roughly chopped coriander leaves to finish.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	429.45 Kcal (1798 kJ)
Calories from fat	248.01 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	27.56g	42%
Cholesterol	93.75mg	31%
Sodium	93.31mg	4%
Potassium	642.49mg	14%
Total Carbs	20.6g	7%
Sugars	6.15g	25%
Dietary Fiber	4.31g	17%
Protein	24.13g	48%
Vitamin C	15.8mg	26%
Vitamin A	0.7mg	22%
Iron	2.4mg	14%
Calcium	73.4mg	7%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	128.57 Kcal (538 kJ)
Calories from fat	74.25 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	8.25g	42%
Cholesterol	28.07mg	31%
Sodium	27.94mg	4%
Potassium	192.36mg	14%
Total Carbs	6.17g	7%
Sugars	1.84g	25%
Dietary Fiber	1.29g	17%
Protein	7.22g	48%
Vitamin C	4.7mg	26%
Vitamin A	0.2mg	22%
Iron	0.7mg	14%
Calcium	22mg	7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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bitter
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