Family Meals Easy Lamb Tagine Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based pan and add the onion and carrot. Cook for 3- 4 mins until softened.
• Add the diced lamb and brown all over. Stir in the garlic and all the spices and cook for a few mins more or until the aromas are released.
• Add the honey and apricots, crumble in the stock cube and pour over roughly 500ml boiling water or enough to cover the meat. Give it a good stir and bring to the boil. Turn down to a simmer, put the lid on and cook for 1 hour.
• Remove the lid and cook for a further 30 mins, then stir in the squash. Cook for 20 - 30 mins more until the squash is soft and the lamb is tender. Serve alongside rice or couscous and sprinkle with parsley and pine nuts, if using.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients for the rub together. Place lamb cubes in a large bowl and sprinkle on the rub mixture; stir until meat is well coated. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator for at least 18 and up to 24 hours.
• The next day, place a diffuser on the burner under the tagine. Add oil and turn the heat to medium. When hot, add onions and sauté for 2 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for only 1 minute. Add lamb cubes and stir constantly; cook for 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, stir well and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Pour in 1 cup chicken broth and add brown sugar, molasses, mint flakes, saffron, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir and increase the heat to medium-high. If desired, add ¼ cup dry fruits of your choice. When the mixture starts simmering, cover, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 30 minutes, stirring often. During this time, if it needs more liquid, add a little chicken broth.
• Half an hour later, remove the tagine from the heat and stir well before sprinkling on toasted slivered almonds and fresh chopped cilantro. Serve immediately with white rice, saffron rice or couscous along with flatbread (hobz). Makes 4-6 servings.