Lamb tagine with dates & sweet potatoes

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• Lillian

  05 November 2008

  Lillian rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious, I substituted the dates with dried apricots and used a homemade tomato sauce (made from excess tomatoes from garden and garlic, simmered for 2 hours and frozen) instead of the passata and water. Will definately make again

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• Kelly

  19 November 2008

  Kelly commented on this recipe

  Made this at the weekend and it was beautiful. I did as Lillian did and substituted the dates with dried apricots but used the passata and water and it was just perfect. Clean plates all round!

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• AEJ

  18 December 2008

  AEJ rated and commented on this recipe

  

  delicious and really easy. I made it well in advance. Only trouble was that I cooked the sweet potato for too long so it disintergrated into the sauce - but the flavours are awesome and really warming. Very easy really.

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• melanie

  28 December 2008

  melanie commented on this recipe

  Made this last night for 10 people. It was a great success. I added 2 tsp of Harissa paste which worked well.

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• GillBill

  29 December 2008

  GillBill commented on this recipe

  Loved it - omitted the dates as the children didn't like them. scrummy food.

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• GillBill

  29 December 2008

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• Jules

  01 January 2009

  Jules commented on this recipe

  Planning to try this for a supper party. Does any one have any recipes for a slow cooker? Could I make this in a slow cooker do ou think?

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• barney123

  02 January 2009

  barney123 commented on this recipe

  Delicious Recipe. Made it first time with apricots instead of dates - for 40 people! and second time I made it just for 2 people and forgot to put any fruit in it at all. Still very good.

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• wilko

  06 January 2009

  wilko commented on this recipe

  This was very easy to cook and very tasty indeed. I did add a couple of teaspoons of harissa (moroccan chilli paste) to give it a bit of a kick!

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• Claire B

  15 January 2009

  Claire B commented on this recipe

  Absolutely lovely and freezes really well, i put dates, dried apricots and sultanas in! The harissa paste works very well and the second time I made it I also added some Baluza preserved lemons chopped up which gave it a lovely edge.

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• lianne

  23 January 2009

  lianne rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Subsituted Lamb for Chicken thighs and made in a slow cooker- perfect for slow cooking- tasted out of this world!

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• Lu_C

  23 January 2009

  Lu_C rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Glorious. Instead of doing it on the hob I stuck it int' oven for 3 hours ay 150. It was incrEDIBLE!

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• rufusdog

  30 January 2009

  rufusdog commented on this recipe

  Superb. A real success. Lianne - would like to try your chicken/slow cooker version. How long in the slow cooker? Did you cut down the amount of liquid? Thanks!

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• haywick

  10 February 2009

  haywick commented on this recipe

  do you serve this with anything? like rice.. or just as it is?

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• Emma's Food

  10 February 2009

  Emma's Food rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The whole family really enjoyed this - used apricots instead of dates. And served it with some couscous and salad. Yummy

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• FlemishMinx

  12 February 2009

  FlemishMinx rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Halved the recipe, otherwise prepared as stated. Nice melding of flavors!

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• Sue

  19 May 2009

  Sue commented on this recipe

  Excellent - made it as dinner for two! Will certainly make it again and may try adding button mushrooms next time !

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• Helen Kimber

  11 June 2009

  Helen Kimber rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very easy to make but impressively delicious. Couldn't fault it.

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• lianne

  17 June 2009

  lianne commented on this recipe

  to rufusdog, yes i did use chicken in my slow cooker. I would put it on medium for chicken and high for lamb. Thighs have the better flavour. Regarding liquid. My slow cooker is for two people so if it was small like mine you need enough liquid inorder to cook the sweet potatoes. I use 175 ml of passata and 200 ml of water (if cooking for two people). In a slow cooker i cook this dish in the following way: 1) start in the morning, follow steps 1 & 2 and transfer into slow cooker. 2) mid afternoon (3pm latest if you intend to have it for 5 or 6pm) cut sweet potatoes into small chunks and with the dates put it in the slow cooker. leave until sweet potatoes are soft. 3) serve. Remeber to just leave it as every time you take the lid off a slow cooker you must add 30mins cooking time to the dish. hope this helps, sorry for the delayed reply.

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• lianne

  17 June 2009

  lianne commented on this recipe

  I d say for chicken (medium setting) and lamb (high setting), the dish takes about 6-8 hours in a slow cooker.

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Ingredients

• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 4 onions , thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh root ginger
• 2kg boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 5cm chunks
• 4 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp each paprika and ground coriander
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 850ml passata
• 700g sweet potatoes , cut into chunks
• 350g pitted dates

TO SERVE

• 100g blanched almonds , toasted
• good handful coriander , roughly chopped

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Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 30 mins

Cook 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 4 onions , thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh root ginger
• 2kg boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 5cm chunks
• 4 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp each paprika and ground coriander
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 850ml passata
• 700g sweet potatoes , cut into chunks
• 350g pitted dates

TO SERVE

• 100g blanched almonds , toasted
• good handful coriander , roughly chopped

PER SERVING

646 kcalories, protein 42g, carbohydrate 49g, fat 32 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 0g, sugar 33g, salt 0.82 g

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