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Lamb shank tagine
Photo: Emiliano Vittoriosi

Lamb shank tagine

12 ingredients 15 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Lamb shank tagine

A fragrant lamb stew with Moroccan spices that you can freeze ahead and whip out when you need it

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1160
Calories
73g
Protein
53g
Fat
104g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Pistachio 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) 159
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Saffron 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

  • oil , for frying
  • 4 lamb shanks
  • 2 onions , halved and sliced
  • 2 pinch garlic cloves , crushed
  • pinch saffron
  • ½ ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 10 dates , halved
  • 400g tin cherry tomatoes
  • chicken stock
  • couscous , mixed with toasted chopped almonds, pistachios and parsley, to serve

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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