Lamb Tajine with Dates
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 3 lbs lamb shoulder, trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1⁄2 teaspoon saffron thread, crushed
- 1 small cinnamon stick
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup pitted dates, halved
- 1⁄2 cup toasted whole almond
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- spiced couscous (this is in my recipe book)
directions
- Pat lamb dry.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Melt butter in Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
- Add lamb and onion and sauté until onion is soft and meat is brown.
- Heat ½ cup beef broth in small saucepan over low heat.
- Blend in saffron and stir to dissolve.
- Add saffron to lamb with remaining broth and cinnamon and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer until lamb is tender, about 1 ½ hours.
- Remove lamb from skillet using slotted spoon; discard cinnamon.
- Stir in honey, ground cinnamon and simmer 5 more minutes.
- Return lamb to pan.
- Add dates and continue simmering until dates are plump, about 5 minutes.
- Prepare spiced couscous (omitting raisins) to serve 6-8 people.
- Spoon couscous around edge of platter (a small brass one would be nice if you have one) and spoon tajine in center.
- Sprinkle tajine with almonds and sesame seeds.
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Reviews
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The timing on this is pretty much spot on. I started it a bit before 5 and we had dinner just before 7. This was my first main dish choice for ZWT 9 because I didn't have to go shopping, I had everything on hand and because it sounded yummy. I made 2 servings in the tagine and used a whole cinnamon stick instead of a third. It was very good with whole wheat couscous. What a great start to the Morocco/Tunisia round. :D
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
