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Lamb tagine with apricots and salted almonds recipe
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Lamb tagine with apricots and salted almonds recipe

18 ingredients 25 min + 2 hr 30 min 4 people openrecipes

A tagine is a sweet and warmly spiced Moroccan stew in which meat and/or vegetables and pulses are slowly simmered.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

674
Calories
28g
Protein
47g
Fat
38g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 boneless shoulder of lamb, cut into chunks
  • kg vegetable oil
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • tbsp garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 x 5cm piece of cinnamon stick
  • 4 Ras el Hanout (Moroccan spice powder)
  • 1 ground ginger
  • 2 ground turmeric
  • tsp pinch of saffron threads
  • 2 freshly ground black pepper
  • tsp unsalted butter, melted
  • 0.5 lamb or vegetable stock
  • tsp whole dried apricots, soaked in water to sofen, then pitted
  • 1 blanched almonds
  • 1 salted butter
  • tsp honey
  • 50 ground cinnamon
  • g salt

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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