Lamb tagine with couscous

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4 servings
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By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (31)

LAMB TAGINE
1.00 kg lamb — neck, sliced
10.00 saffron — strands
5.00 ml cardamom — seeds
10.00 ml fennel — seeds
5.00 ml cumin — seeds
10.00 ml curry powder — mild
15.00 ml coriander — ground
2.00 tomatoes — tinned, whole and peeled
60.00 ml honey
250.00 ml stock — chicken or lamb
30.00 ml currants — or raisins
45.00 ml almonds — flaked
0.00 couscous
30.00 ml butter
80.00 ml onions — chopped
3.00 ml garlic — cloves, crushed
1.00 lemon — zest and juice
250.00 ml couscous
0.00 salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
0.00 to serve — to serve
0.00 fresh ginger — strips
3.00 ml garlic — cloves, crushed
250.00 ml stock — chicken
1.00 lemon — zest and juice
250.00 ml couscous
0.00 salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
50.00 ml fresh chillies — 573
2.00 onion — sliced
6.00 garlic — cloves, chopped
1.00 fresh ginger — grated
65.00 ml cinnamon — ground
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Method:

LAMB TAGINE
Season the lamb with salt and pepper.
Heat 30 ml of the olive oil in a frying pan over moderate heat and brown the meat.
Heat the remaining olive oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions, garlic and ginger until soft.
Add all the spices and sauté until fragrant.
Add the tomatoes, honey and stock.
Add the browned meat and simmer for 90 minutes over low heat or until the meat is tender.
Season with salt and pepper and add the currants or raisins and almonds.
Simmer for another 10 minutes.
COUSCOUS
Heat the butter in a saucepan and fry the onions and garlaic until golden brown.
Add the stock and lemon rind.
Bring to the boil and add the couscous.
Stir with a fork for about three minutes or until the couscous is fluffy.
Season with salt and pepper.
TO SERVE
Spoon the couscous onto a serving platter and arrange the lamb tagine on top.
Garnish with fried ginger strips.



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