Marrakech Lamb Stew
From aussie_meat_pie 14 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Serve this for your next dinner party or family occasion. Source: Reprinted with permission from Simply In Season ©2005 by Herald Press
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lb boneless lamb or beef, chopped in bite-size pieces shopping list
- 2 T olive oil shopping list
- 1 large onion, chopped shopping list
- 2 clv garlic, minced shopping list
- 5 medium carrots, chopped shopping list
- 2 c stewed or crushed tomatoes shopping list
- 2 medium turnips, chopped (or substitute 1 rutabaga) shopping list
- 1 medium potato, chopped shopping list
- 1 c water, broth or tomato juice shopping list
- 1⁄2 t salt shopping list
- 1 cinnamon stick shopping list
- 1 t each ground cumin, coriander, cloves and turmeric shopping list
- 1⁄4 t crushed red chilies, or to taste shopping list
- pinch each ground nutmeg and allspice shopping list
- 2 c cooked chickpeas shopping list
- 1 c pitted prunes, halved shopping list
- 1⁄2 c raisins shopping list
- 2 T fresh parsley, chopped shopping list
- 4 c hot cooked couscous or rice shopping list
- 2 T slivered almonds, toasted shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oil in large soup pot, brown meat in batches and set aside. Stir onion and garlic into meat drippings and sauté until translucent and tender. Return meat to pot. Add carrots, tomatoes, turnips or rutabaga, potato, water, broth or juice, salt and spices and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 40 minutes. Stir in chickpeas, prunes and raisins, cover and cook about 10 minutes more, or until vegetables are tender. Stir in parsley. Serve on a bed of couscous or rice, garnished with almonds.
- Notes
- To carry on the theme, serve with olives and warm pita bread--and for dipping, add some good olive oil, baba ganoush and/or hummus.
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WOW! That is an explosion of flavors. You have my 5+ on this recipe. Thank you so much for posting it!
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