How to Prepare Appetizing Middle Eastern: Lamb Tagine

Middle Eastern: Lamb Tagine.

You can have Middle Eastern: Lamb Tagine using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Middle Eastern: Lamb Tagine

1. You need 115 g of dried apricots (you can use ready to eat if you wish).
2. Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
3. You need 1 of large onion, chopped.
4. Prepare 1 kg of boneless shoulder of lamb, cubed.
5. You need 1 teaspoon of ground cumin.
6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground coriander.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
8. You need of Grated rind and juice of half an orange.
9. You need 1 teaspoon of saffron strands.
10. It's 1 tbsp of ground almonds.
11. Prepare 300 mL of lamb or chicken stock.
12. It's 1 tbsp of sesame seeds.
13. It's to taste of Salt and ground black pepper.
14. It's of To garnish, fresh parsley.
15. You need of Serve with couscous.

Middle Eastern: Lamb Tagine instructions

1. Cut the apricots in half and put in a bowl with 150 mL of water to soak overnight.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
3. Heat the olive oil in a casserole. Add the onion and cook gently for 10 minutes until soft and golden.
4. Stir in the lamb. Add the cumin, coriander and cinnamon, with the salt and pepper to taste. Stir to coat the lamb cubes and the spices. Cook stirring continuously for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the apricots and their soaking liquid. Stir in the orange rind and the juice, saffron, ground almonds and enough stock to cover. Cover the casserole and cook in the oven for 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is tender, stirring occasionally and adding extra stock if necessary.
6. Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add the sesame seeds and dry fry shaking the pan until they are golden. Sprinkle the sesame seeds over the meat, garnish with parsley and serve with couscous..