Lamb Tagine
Lamb stew made with sweet potatoes, apricots, and pistachios
Equipment
- Tagine
Ingredients
How to make the Lamb Tagine:
- 1 pound lamb bone-in
- ½ cup carrots diced
- 1 red potato peeled and diced
- 1 sweet potato purple, peeled and diced
- 1 sweet potato yellow, peeled and diced
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 2 tomato pulverized
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ¾ tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cilantro powder
- ⅕ tsp clove powder
- ⅕ tsp cinnamon powder
- ⅕ tsp mace powder optional
- ¾ tsp cumin powder
- ⅔ tbsp salt
- 8 dried apricots
- 4 sprigs cilantro
- 3 sprigs parsley
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
For the seasoning:
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp saffron
- 1 star anise
- 2 tbsp pistachios shelled
Instructions
How to make the Lamb Tagine:
- Heat the olive oil in the tagine and add the onions, sauté until golden brown.
- Add the tomato pulp, and mix in for a few minutes.
- Toss in the lamb marinated in ginger, garlic, and turmeric.
- Cook for two minutes and add all the vegetables, spices, and some water to submerge the lamb.
- Cook on low heat and stir occasionally. Add the saffron threads, apricots, and cilantro after 30 minutes of cooking, and add some water if there is not much gravy. Cook until the the gravy has thickened to your desired consistency.
How to season the Lamb Tagine:
- After another 30 minutes, season with star anise and some pistachios in a small pan with sesame oil and drizzle on top of the tagine. Serve hot with bread or couscous.
Notes
- If you elect to add fresh apricots, then do so towards the end, but if you use dried apricots, then add them halfway through the cooking.
- Pistachios are a nice complement to lamb, but you could substitute with cashews.
- Lamb with the leg bones makes a fine tagine, but you could use boneless or other parts of the lamb instead.
- If you do not have a tagine, any cast iron pot with a lid will still work well.
- The lamb tagine must not be watery but be thick and more like a broth. Simmering will help thicken it.
- You could use broth instead of water, but the flavors from the bones will suffice to give a rich taste.
- You could readymade Baharat instead of the spice mix.
Nutrition
Calories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 15gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 844mgPotassium: 651mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 2731IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 2mg
