Slow cooked Lamb Tagine

A Tagine is a conical oven dish that is used to cook stews but I use a slow cooker, set and forget and the finished product is flavourful, tender, fall of the bone lamb.

Although I make it with Lamb Shanks you could easily make it using diced lamb, it has delicious Moroccan flavours that is just as good served with couscous or mashed potato.

Slow Cooked Lamb Tagine

Moroccan flavoured slow cooked lamb

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 hours hrs

Total Time 8 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Moroccan

Servings 4

Equipment

• 1 Slow Cooker or Oven Dish

Ingredients

  

• 4 Lamb Shanks, Frenched
• 3 Stalks Celery, large dice
• 2 Carrot, large dice
• 1/2 Red Capsicum, large dice
• 1 Onion, large dice
• 1 tsp Fresh ginger
• 2 tsp Fresh garlic
• 3 tsp Moroccan spice
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1 Tbsp Honey
• 1 Can Crushed Tomatoes
• 1 Cup Stock, Chicken or Vegetable
• 1 Can Chickpeas, drained
• 10 Prunes
• 1/4 Cup Almond Meal/Ground Almonds
• 1 Tbsp Fresh Parsley, shopped

Instructions

 

• Place the vegetables into the slow cooker.
  
• Put the shanks on top of the vegetables.
  
• Combine the tomatoes, spices, honey and stock.
  
• Pour the tomato mix over the shanks.
  
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• In the last 30 minutes add the chickpeas, prunes, almond meal and parsley.
• Serve with couscous or mashed potatoes.
  

Notes

You can replace the lamb shanks with 750g-1kg diced lamb.

The almond meal serves to thicken the sauce, you could also use a bit of flour and water mixed together but make sure that the flour taste has cooked away before serving.

Serve with couscous cooked in stock and sprinkle with toasted flaked almonds.

Keyword Lamb, Lamb Shank, Moroccan Lamb, Slow Cooked