Tangier Lamb Tagine Wrap With Spiced Yogurt Recipes

MOROCCAN LAMB TAGINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to Gas mark 7 (220degrees).
• Cut meat from lamb shoulder in 4cm cubes.
• Mix together marsala, tumeric, coriander, ginger, salt. Rub half of this mixture into the meat. Put meat in pot to brown.
• Add sliced onions, tomatoes and garlic and some more spice.... Allow to brown.
• Add saffron and water, stir for 3 - 4 min, add remaining spice.
• Add dices sweet potato and 1 tin plum tomatoes in sauce, break up tomatoes slightly in pot.
• Leave to simmer for 3 - 4 min.
• Add 2 tsp cinnamon, nuts and a generous squeeze of honey, stir together.
• Transfer to oven proof dish - no lid.
• Place in oven for 15 min then drop temperature to Gas mark 3 (150 degrees).
• Cook for another 1hr.
• Add sliced green beans and return to oven for another 30 minute.
• To serve:.
• 1 cup of cous cous - pour into bowl and just cover with boiling water, cover bowl with sideplate and allow to stand 3 - 4 minute.
• Sweet nutty butternut - 1 butternut, diced and boiled.
• Chop up more of the nuts you used in the tagine, add butter, salt, pepper and cinnamon to small frying pan - cook for 2 - 3 min, add tsp cinnamon and generous squeeze of honey, stir until it boils. Pour over cooked butternut and serve immediately.
• 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt per person, mixed with finely chopped mint.
• Roughly chopped coriander leaves to finish.

TANGIER LAMB TAGINE WRAP WITH SPICED YOGURT

Steps:

• Mix the yogurt and harissa together in a bowl; set aside.
• Add lamb, onion, cumin, ginger, raisins, salt, and pepper to a large skillet over medium heat; Cook, stirring/breaking up the lamb with a wooden spoon, 5-7 minutes until the meat is cooked and the onions are soft.
• Add in the chickpeas; using a potato masher, mash at least half of them right in the pan, blending them with the meat.
• Continue to cook/stir, 1-2 minutes until they are warm; add in the lemon juice.
• To assemble: Spread about 2 tablespoons of the spiced yogurt on a warm tortilla, leaving a 1-inch border.
• Layer a quarter of the spinach and the lamb mixture and another 2 tablespoons spiced yogurt in a thick horizontal strip across the bottom third of the tortilla, making sure the ingredients don't quite touch the edges.
• Fold in the two sides and roll the wrap away from you.
• Complete the wraps with the remaining ingredients; cut in half on the bias and serve.