🇲🇦 Morocco
Tagine with prunes
The celebration tagine: lamb under glossy prunes and fried almonds, scented with saffron and cinnamon.
🔪 Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 120 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Sweet-savory: prunes glazed in honey and cinnamon over saffron lamb, sesame and almonds to finish.
Ingredients
- 1 kglamb shoulder, cubed
- 250 gprunes
- 2 onions, grated
- 1 pinchsaffron
- 1 tspginger and cinnamon
- 2 tbsphoney
- 50 gfried almonds and sesame
Method
- 1
Brown the lamb with onion, saffron, ginger, and cinnamon.
- 2
Add water and braise low until spoon-tender, about two hours.
- 3
Simmer the prunes in honey and cinnamon until glossy.
- 4
Crown the lamb with prunes, almonds, and sesame; serve with khobz.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4