Recipe - Lamb And Pear Tagine (Morocco)

2 md Onions; peeled and cut or sliced up
1 tablespoon Olive oil; light
6 ounce Lamb; cubed, trimmed
1 tablespoon Madeira
One half teaspoon Ground cumin
One half teaspoon Ground coriander
One half teaspoon Grated gingerroot
One fourth teaspoon Ground cinnamon; or more if
desired
One half teaspoon Ground black pepper
1 One half cup Cold water; or to cover
1 teaspoon Honey
1 lg Bosc pear; cored and
sectioned, then chopped
into 1/2"chunks, (peel
left on)
One fourth cup Golden seedless raisins OR
sultanas
2 tablespoon Slivered almonds; toasted
Salt and pepper; to taste

TO SERVE
1 One half cup Cooked rice; mixed with
1 teaspoon Chopped fresh basil
1 1/3 cup Sliced carrots; steamed

STOVETOP: In a large saucepan gently fry the onion in the olive oil until
soft and sweet (20 mins). Add the meat to the pan and cook until it changes
color. Add the spices; stir until warmed and dry. Add the wine and burn it
off quickly. Then add cold tap water to just cover the meat. Cover and
simmer gently until the meat is tender, about 45 mins.

Uncover. Add the pears to the meat together with the sultanas and almonds
(warmed briefly in a dry skillet). Simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes or
until pears are tender but not too soft. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.
If the sauce appears too thin, thicken with arrowroot or potato starch.
Serve on rice with carrots to the side.

MAKES about 3 cups of a mildly spiced fruited stew. MENU PER SERVING:
600CAL, 17.2G fat (25.7% cff); 85.4G carb.

TIPS: "Tagines are Moroccan slowcooked meat, fruit and vegetable dishes,
which are almost invariably made with mutton. Using lamb cuts down the
cooking time."Ted "A Keeper! We served with a blend of rice: brown
basmati and long grain white with a little Black Japonica (Lundberg).Pat
98Jan

SOURCES: Eatlf Mailing List January 1998 from KitPATh. Amyl archive Oct
1993 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/moroccotangine.html from:
Ted.Taylor

Recipe by: Hanneman (1998); Ethnic Recipe at amyl

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #998 by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on
Jan 08, 1998