Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lamb tagine with preserved lemons. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Preserved lemons, olives, ginger and saffron are a classic Moroccan combination used in many dishes. Add the preserved lemon peels and olives, and a little more water if you feel the liquids have reduced only to oils. Cover the tagine and continue cooking another hour or longer, or until the meat.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lamb tagine with preserved lemons using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lamb Tagine with Preserved Lemons:
- Take 1 large onion, chopped
- Make ready 700 grams lamb, cut into 3 inch pieces
- Take 3 garlic cloves, chopped finely
- Get 1/3 cup olive oil, extra virgin
- Prepare 1 tbsp butter
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger
- Prepare 4 tbsp chopped parsley and/or coriander (cilantro), roughly chopped
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup water
- Take 1 preserved lemon, quartered, seeds removed
- Take olives, with pits
- Take 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Saffron threads, crumbled
- Prepare 1/4 tsp hot chilli powder
- Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
- Get 4 medium potatoes, peeled and halved
Slowly heat olive oil in tagine, then add lamb and cook lightly on low heat. In a large pan, heat the oil, add the onion and cook until soft. Add the garlic, stir for a minute, then add the spices, stock, preserved lemon and olives. Lamb shanks can be prepared well ahead of time and reheated beautifully.
Steps to make Lamb Tagine with Preserved Lemons:
- In a large pot mix the lamb with the onions, chilli powder, garlic, oil, butter, salt, pepper, ginger and turmeric. I omitted the turmeric.
- Heat the lamb over a medium to high heat, stir to brown all sides.
- Add the water, cinnamon stick, Saffron, parsley and/or coriander. I omitted the saffron.
- Cover pot with lid, and bring the liquids to a fast simmer.
- Reduce temperature to a medium heat. Simmer covered with lid for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, or until meat is tender.
- Stir occasionally.
- Add a little water when necessary to prevent the meat from scorching.
- When meat is cooked, add the olives and lemon. I had to omitted the olives as my fiancée doesn't like them. I also added a tablespoon of the preserved lemon juices.
- If you choose to add potatoes, half an hour before turning the stove off, add in the potatoes and some more water.
- Continue cooking to reduce the liquids until its mostly oil or have the appearance of a thick sauce.
- Check seasoning, add more salt and pepper if necessary to suit your taste.
- Serve with couscous and some crusty bread.
If you cannot find shanks, or if they are too large for your tagine, ask the butcher to trim the bone or. This robust Moroccon tagine, call mqualli, is flavored with that signature Moroccan ingredient, preserved lemon. This aromatic lamb tagine can be made in advance and reheated. Make the fruity lemon couscous just before serving. Place the couscous in a bowl and mix in the olive oil and lemon juice.
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