SLOW COOKER LAMB TAGINE

Slow cooker lamb tagine image

Cook something hearty and exotic for the family when it's cold outside, like our lamb tagine. If you can't get dried cherries, use apricots or prunes instead

Provided by Lulu Grimes

Time 4h20m

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

900g lamb shoulder, neck or leg, cut into chunks
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, cut into chunks
2 tsp ras-el-hanout
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 chicken or lamb stock cube or stock pot
1 sweet potato, cut into chunks
30g dried cherries
½ tsp honey
½ bunch coriander, chopped
couscous, to serve

Steps:

Fry the lamb in the oil in batches and tip it into the slow cooker. Fry the onion in the same pan for 5 mins or until it softens a little. Add the carrots and spices, stir everything together, add the tomato purée, stock and 250ml water and swirl everything around the pan. Tip into the slow cooker. Add the sweet potato, dried cherries, honey and another 500ml water.
Cook on low for 8 hrs or high for 4 hrs. Stir in the coriander and serve with couscous. Leave to cool before freezing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 649 calories, Fat 45 grams fat, SaturatedFat 20 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 17 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 42 grams protein, Sodium 1.3 milligram of sodium