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Tajine d'Agneau aux Pruneaux (Lamb Tajine with Prunes and Almonds)

Tajine d'Agneau aux Pruneaux (Lamb Tajine with Prunes and Almonds) is French home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

90 min Medium Halal Dairy free

Ingredients

  • 2 lb lamb shoulder, cut into large chunks
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 pinch saffron threads
  • 1 cup pitted prunes
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 cups lamb or chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup toasted almonds
  • 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1.5 cups couscous
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

  1. Heat the olive oil in a heavy pot and brown the lamb chunks on all sides over medium-high heat, about 8 minutes, then remove them to a plate.
  2. Add the onion to the pot and cook for 5 minutes, until softened, then stir in the garlic, fresh ginger, cinnamon, ground ginger, turmeric and saffron and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
  3. Return the lamb to the pot, add the broth, bring to a simmer, cover, and cook over low heat for 60 minutes, until the lamb is nearly tender.
  4. Stir in the prunes and honey and continue simmering, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes more, until the lamb is fork-tender and the sauce has thickened, then season with the salt and pepper.
  5. Meanwhile, bring 1.5 cups of water to a boil, pour it over the couscous in a heatproof bowl, cover, and let it stand for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
  6. Spoon the couscous onto a platter, arrange the lamb, prunes and sauce over the top, and scatter the toasted almonds and cilantro over everything before serving.

Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tajine d'Agneau aux Pruneaux (Lamb Tajine with Prunes and Almonds), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tajine d'Agneau aux Pruneaux (Lamb Tajine with Prunes and Almonds) carries tree nuts and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Tajine d'Agneau aux Pruneaux (Lamb Tajine with Prunes and Almonds)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts Yes Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter)
Dairy No
Gluten Yes Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.

Calorie band
Hearty
Protein
High
Protein quality
Complete
Food groups it covers
Meat or fish, Fruit, Grains, and Nuts and seeds
How this was set
Hand audited

When to cook it

Tajine d'Agneau aux Pruneaux (Lamb Tajine with Prunes and Almonds) takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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