Lamb Shank Tagine

Lamb shank tagine

Name: Lamb shank tagine
Total time: 3 h
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 lamb shanks; 2 onions halved and sliced; 2 cloves garlic crushed; a pinch saffron; ½ tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cumin; 1 cinnamon stick; 10 dates halved; 400g tinned cherry tomatoes; chicken stock; to serve couscous; to serve almonds toasted and chopped; to serve pistachios; to serve parsley

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:09 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 3 hrs

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This slow-cooked lamb tagine is the perfect freeze-ahead main: make double, put half in the freezer and you'll always have something good to eat during the holidays

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Try this lamb shank tagine, then check out our classic lamb tagine and vegetarian tagine. Also try more lamb recipes such as our braised lamb shanks, lamb shank rogan josh and lamb shank shepherd's pie.

Ingredients

4 lamb shanks
2 onions

halved and sliced
2 cloves garlic

crushed
a pinch saffron
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cumin
1 cinnamon stick
10 dates

halved
400g tinned cherry tomatoes
chicken stock
to serve couscous
to serve almonds

toasted and chopped
to serve pistachios
to serve parsley

Method

step 1

Brown the lamb shanks all over in a little oil. Put in a large casserole with the onions, garlic, saffron, ground ginger, cumin and cinnamon.
step 2

Add the dates, cherry tomatoes and enough chicken stock to barely cover. Cover and simmer for 2-2½ hours until meat is tender. Cool, then freeze. To use, defrost completely overnight, then heat gently until piping hot.
step 3

Serve with couscous mixed with the almonds, pistachios and parsley.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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