Vegetable tagine with toasted almond couscous
Take your time to make this delicious, slow cooked, Moroccan stew
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hour 15 mins
Vegetarian
Freeze sauce only
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 1 hour 15 mins
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
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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