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| Lamb Tagine With Prunes-Martha Stewart Living Recipe |
Category: Lamb / Entrees
Rating:
N/A
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
3 lb lamb shanks, sawed into 1 -inch pie; ces
3 medium onions, one peeled and grated, two; peeled and thickly sliced
3 teaspoon ras el hanout, plus more to taste
1 salt & freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon plus 1 t unsalted butter
1 large pinch of saffron
3 cup water
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup canned crushed tomatoes
1 cup canned chick-peas
3 cup pumpkin or butternut squash chunks
3/4 cup pitted prunes, halved
1 harissa sauce (separate recipe foll; ows)
1 lavash or pita bread
Cooking Directions:
1. Coat lamb with grated onion, ras el hanout, and salt and pepper. Marinate in refrigerator for 30 minutes or up to 2 hours. Melt 1 T butter in a wide, heavy-bottomed pan. Add meat and brown lightly on all sides. Add saffron, water, and cinnamon stick; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, covered, for 1 1/2 hours.
2. Let cool slightly and remove shanks. Pull meat from bones, keeping pieces as large as possible; discard fat, gristle, and bones. Season with salt and pepper. Skim fat from liquid, or refrigerate overnight and remove fat. Refrigerate meat.
3. In a medium saute pan, heat 1 t butter and 1 t oil. Add sliced onions and sprinkle with sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium-high heat for 15 minutes, tossing or stirring only when brown. Turn heat to low and cook until onions are very soft and brown, about zo more minutes.
4. Add tomatoes and cooking liquid from the lamb and bring to a boil. Add meat, chick-peas, and pumpkin or squash and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Remove lid, stir in prunes, and simmer until thick, about 15 to 20 more minutes. Adjust seasonings to taste. Serve immediately with harissa sauce and lavash or pita bread.
Martha Stewart Living/Feb. & March/94 Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #035 by John Merkel on Feb 3, 1997.
entrees,soup/stews,lamb
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