Vegetable tagine with toasted almond couscous

Vegetable tagine with toasted almond couscous

Take your time to make this delicious, slow cooked, Moroccan stew

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 15 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Freeze sauce only

Method

  1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a tagine or casserole and gently cook the onion until soft - about 10 minutes. Add the ground spices and garlic and cook for a minute. Stir in the harissa and cook for 2 minutes. Stir through the squash and carrots and toss well to coat with the paste and the onion. Pour over the stock, add the apricots and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook over a low heat for about 25-30 minutes until the vegetables are very tender.
  2. Meanwhile, put the couscous in a large bowl, bring the stock to the boil and pour it over. Cover the bowl and leave to stand for 5-10 minutes until all the stock has been absorbed into the couscous. Gently fluff up with a fork and stir through the toasted almonds.
  3. Add the chickpeas to the tagine and stir through half of the herbs. Season, then simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon the couscous into bowls then ladle the tagine on top. Serve scattered with extra herbs.
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Know-how

Tagines (slow-cooked, spiced Moroccan stews) are named after the conical ceramic pots in which they are traditionally cooked. A casserole dish is a good substitute.

Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 16.7g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 16.7 g, saturated fat 1.6g, fibre 9.5g, salt 1.61 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2005.

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  • 2007-11-08 14:36:59.04889

    ange rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really love this recipe, also works with the addition of either Cauldron�s marinated tofu or Quorn pieces

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  • 2007-12-11 16:18:02.202624

    Clare rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really lovely recipe, I couldnt get any squash the first time i made it so i used sweet potato instead, just as nice!

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  • 2008-04-16 19:27:26.110818

    Lynda commented on this recipe

    A lovely recipe. Healthy heart warming and filling. My girls didn't like it because it was spicy, but they are fussy. I thought it was tasty. Thank you

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  • 2008-08-07 14:20:40.737464

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious. Full of flavour. Will definitely make this again. Take care with the harissa - the brand I use is very hot. I put one heaped teaspoon full in and it still made the dish hot. Three tablespoons would blow your head off!

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  • 2008-09-16 20:52:31.61713

    Louise rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is very nice and you can adapt it to use different veg depending on wnat you have to hand. i strongly recommend using passatta or tinned toms instead of stock though, makes it richer and thicker

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  • Binder photo Sue

    2009-03-15 13:19:16.170495

    Sue rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I agree with Sarah. The harissa I was using had a recipe suggestion on the label for 6 portions, which recommended 3 *teaspoonsful* rather than tablespoons. I went with this and it was perfect. I'm glad I didn't use 3 tbsp. It would have been inedible! I also used a mixture of passatta and stock, which worked very well.

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  • Binder photo sue

    2010-04-07 15:40:01.869684

    sue rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    We sell this in our pub and it is really popular. I too reduce the amount of Harissa and I also use Ras el Hanout spice mix instead of cumin and coriander which works really well. Adding a mix of tomato and stock works well

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  • 2010-09-25 12:09:08.69325

    amynadine87 rated this recipe

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  • 2010-11-30 17:38:44.421134

    Jules rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Fantastically tasty and fairly simple to make! Kinda made up my own harissa by clicking on the link and finding out the ingredients. Needless to say it went down a storm and will definitely be making it again!

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  • 2011-03-14 11:31:31.634191

    stanb rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    a winner with the meat eaters as well as veggies. Try adding a squeeze of lemon juice just before serving - adds a freshess

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  • 2011-04-17 21:05:09.221491

    hazie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very easy and healthy. great food

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  • 2011-04-25 07:39:34.261482

    Annacav rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really tasty recipe that everyone complimented me on at a family lunch. Assembled it the day before and did the final cooking on the day - saved a lot of time so that I could spend more time with the family. I served this as a side dish with the main being Italian lamb stew - the flavours all complimented each other beautifully. We have leftovers which we are really looking forward to tucking into tonight. A great success.

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  • 2011-05-23 13:39:06.58231

    Tim'sKitchen commented on this recipe

    Cook in a genuine Tagine for best results. Consider Okra, red peppers, and part baked potatoes halved and added to the last 10 mins cooking time. I do this all the time, but will definitely use the suggested chopped toms in lieu of half stock in future.

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  • 2011-10-31 14:10:04.20191

    tcourtney rated this recipe

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  • 2011-12-27 17:38:52.518617

    sharon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this lovely dish on Boxing day as we were away for Christmas day so had no Christmas left-overs. Substituted chickpeas, which I didn't have, with chopped cooked chestnuts - similar texture, colour and bulk. Made the dish really festive. Harissa already contained garlic so didn't use any more as didn't want to swamp the delicate flavours. Very succesful.

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  • 2012-01-02 17:33:40.345265

    bluegreen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've never bothered to make add toasted almonds to the couscous, I reduce the amount of Harissa (my brand must be much spicier than theirs!) and I also leave off the parsley as I'm not keen on it. Probably one of my favourite meals though - I've made the recipe several times and it always turns out to be delicious.

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  • 2012-01-26 21:14:37.81682

    Mrs Pennington rated and commented on this recipe

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    YUMMY , easy and quick

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  • 2012-02-12 14:58:17.835302

    studentbaker rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Just made this using half passata half stock as someone suggested. I also added cinnamon - for me this is a complete must for tagine with the chickpeas and apricots, mmmm. i'd reccommend adding a teaspoon but otherweise delicious.

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  • 2012-09-30 20:31:13.141406

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really lovely recipe but I think 3tbs of Harissa is too much. I used 3tsp and it was still quite spicy. I also added some chopped coriander to the couscous.

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  • 2013-01-12 03:26:10.672598

    Jo Bato 1972 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Oh dear Lord! This was so good! My son was really not keen on vegetable tagine in Morocco but he absolutely loved this! So fresh, healthy and appetising! Changes I made were: reduced the harissa paste to 2 tsp. as suggested (plenty), used Ras el Hanout spice mix instead of cumin etc., reduced carrots x2 and added 1 sweet potato and 1 red pepper instead, increased chopped apricots to 150g, included 1 tin of chopped tomatoes with 400mls of stock, zest and juice of 1 orange (rather than lemon), 1small bunch of chopped coriander and finished in the tagine/oven for 1 hour @ 160ºC to intensify the flavours. I forgot the chickpeas (duh) so substituted with red kidney beans added 10 minutes at the end (may include both next time). Perfect. Going to make double next time and freeze!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 15 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Freeze sauce only

Ingredients

  • olive oil
  • 2 tsp each of ground cumin and ground coriander
  • 2 onions , thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced
  • 3 tbsp harissa (look in the spice section)
  • 1 small butternut squash , peeled and cut into chunks
  • 4 carrots , cut into chunks
  • vegetable stock fresh, cube or powder made up to 600ml
  • 75g ready-to-eat, dried apricots , roughly chopped
  • 400g tin chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • a bunch flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped
  • a bunch coriander , roughly chopped

FOR THE COUSCOUS

  • 300g couscous
  • vegetable stock fresh, cube or powder made up to 600ml
  • 4 tbsp flaked almonds , toasted
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Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 16.7g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 16.7 g, saturated fat 1.6g, fibre 9.5g, salt 1.61 g

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