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This recipe will teach you how to prepare a lamb tagine stew that will leave your family of food critics, wanting more.
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Ingredients:
- 800g lamb steaks, cut in cubes
- salt and pepper
- 30ml olive oil
- 2 red onions (halved and sliced)
- 5ml chopped garlic
- 5ml chopped ginger
- 10ml paprika
- 10ml ground cumin
- 5ml ground coriander
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 500ml beef stock
- 50ml honey
- 125ml dried apricots (chopped)
- 125ml whole almonds (toasted)
- 125g dates (pitted and chopped)
- 500g orange sweet potato (peeled and cubed)
- 125ml chopped fresh coriander
- couscous
2. Heat some oil and fry, in batches, until browned.
3. Remove and set aside.
4. Heat more oil in a large pot and fry the onion, garlic and ginger until softened, about 5 minutes.
5. Stir in the spices and cinnamon stick and fry until fragrant.
6. Pour in the beef stock and honey.
7. Return the lamb to the pot and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
8. Add the apricots, dates and sweet potato and simmer for a further 30 minutes, until meat is tender and sweet potato cooked.
9. Stir the coriander.
10. Check salt and pepper.
11. Serve on a bed of couscous sprinkled with extra almonds.
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Serves 6-8