Beef & Apricot Tagine

Beef & Apricot Tagine

This sweet & spicy tagine with melt in the mouth tender beef is a wonderful taste combination!

Serves 4

Prep time:  15 minutes

Cooking time:  2 hours

Ingredients

1 tbsp sunflower oil

750g braising steak, fat trimmed & cut into 3cm cubes

Sea salt & freshly ground pepper

2 onions, peeled & sliced

3 garlic cloves, peeled & finely chopped

½ tsp ground cinnamon

2tsp ground coriander

2tsp ground cumin

2 tsp hot chilli powder

3tbsp runny honey

400g tin of chopped tomatoes

400g tin of chickpeas, drained

400ml beef stock

75g dried apricots, halved

To serve

Small bunch of fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped

Couscous or rice

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Preparation method

1.  Preheat the oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas mark 4.

2.  Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole or large frying pan.  Season the beef well and gently fry for 1 minute with the onions and garlic until lightly coloured.  Now add the cinnamon, coriander, cumin and chilli powder and gently cook for 2 minutes.

3.  Add the honey, tomatoes, chickpeas and stock to the dish and bring to the simmer.  Place the beef tagine into a oven proof Tagine or casserole dish and cover, cook in the oven for 1 hour.

4.  Now add the apricots to the tagine, replace the lid and cook for a further 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the beef is tender.

5.  To serve, sprinkle with fresh parsley and couscous or rice.  Enjoy!