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Lamb tagine with couscous

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 7 hrs 20 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 4cm piece ginger, peeled and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon oil, plus olive spray oil
  • 600g lean lamb, cubed from leg steaks
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 teaspoons ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 3 carrots, sliced
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced
  • 6 tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 3 tablespoons tomato puree
  • ⅓ cup dates, chopped
  • ⅓ cup preserved lemon (80g)
  • 2 cups reduced-salt chicken stock
  • Couscous
  • 1 cup whole wheat couscous
  • ⅓ cup sultanas
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 400g can no-added-salt chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • Topping
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • ⅓ cup flaked almonds, toasted
  • ⅓ cup fresh parsley, chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh coriander
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat slow cooker to low. Cook onion, garlic and ginger with oil in a non-stick pan until softened. Place in cooker. Spray pan with oil and brown lamb in batches. Add to cooker.

    2 Add remaining ingredients, adding the stock last. Mix well. Cover and cook for 6—7 hours.

    3 Twenty minutes before serving, place couscous in a bowl and pour over 1 cup boiling water. Leave to stand for 5 minutes. Fluff up with a fork. Add remaining couscous ingredients.

    4 Season lamb to taste. Remove cinnamon stick. Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle over the lamb.

    5 Serve lamb with couscous and fresh coriander.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free couscous and check ground spices are gluten free.

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