Lamb Tajine

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Ingredients

Serves 4-6

• 1 leg of lamb or 2.2 lbs (1 kg) boneless lamb shoulder
• 1 lb (500 g) potatoes
• 1 lb (500 g) carrots
• 1 lb (500 g) cauliflower
• 1 onion
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 small pinch saffron (or a few threads)
• Salt, black pepper
  
  

Preparation

• Peel, wash and coarsely chop onion
• Heat olive oil over high heat in a Dutch oven or tajine
• Fry onion in olive oil for 3-4 minutes until golden
• Add diced meat to pan Sear meat until well browned (6 to 8 minutes, stirring often)
• Sprinkle all the spices over meat
• Cover meat with water and reduce heat
• Cook, covered, 45 minutes
• Add peeled and diced potatoes and carrots
• Cook, covered, 25 minutes more
• Add cauliflower florets and cook another 20 minutes

Serve with couscous or rice

Suggestion

Don’t hesitate to try different spices; add cayenne pepper, Moroccan red curries, smen or French 4-spice blend.