Moroccan Beef Tagine

Moroccan Beef Tagine

A quick and easy Moroccan tagine style dish, a beef stew with an amazing array of flavours!

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ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1/2 cup carrot, diced
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced/grated
• 1 tablespoon ginger, minced/grated
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 cups beef broth
• 8 dates, seeded and coarsely chopped
• 8 dried apricots, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup olives, sliced
• 1/4 of a preserved lemon, pith removed, and peel rinsed and chopped *
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon harissa
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1/4 cup almonds (sliced or slivered), toasted
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped, optional)
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped, optional)

directions

1. Cook the ground beef, onions and carrots in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, breaking the beef apart as it cooks, until the beef is cooked, before draining off and excess grease.
2. Add the garlic, ginger, paprika, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamom, cayenne, and tomato paste, and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
3. Add the broth, dates, apricots, raisins, olives, preserved lemon, honey, harissa and saffron, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered for 20 minutes.
4. Server garnished with almonds, cilantro and parsley.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 512, Fat 28g (Saturated 9g, Trans 1g), Cholesterol 80mg, Sodium 448mg, Carbs 68g (Fiber 8g, Sugars 53g), Protein 26g

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