Name: Pressure cooker Lamb tagine
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 500g shoulder of lamb, diced; 1 Tbsp tagine paste; 1 onion; 2 cloves of garlic; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 500 ml vegetable stock; 1 tin of chickpeas, drained; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 bay leaf; 2 Tbsp chopped dried apricots, prunes or raisins (or a mixture of these); To serve: toasted almonds or sesame seeds

Pressure cooker Lamb tagine

26 Sep 2016

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

45 minutes

Background

I love slow cooked lamb tagine and was going to make some the other day. However I got caught up in bad traffic and got home too late to do any simmering of supper for hours. So I got the pressure cooker out, which I hardly ever use, and made this lovely, simple lamb tagine. I used a ready-made tagine paste, but you can easily mix your own (see under tips). Serve it with rice or couscous.

Ingredients

500g shoulder of lamb, diced
1 Tbsp tagine paste
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp olive oil
500 ml vegetable stock
1 tin of chickpeas, drained
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
2 Tbsp chopped dried apricots, prunes or raisins (or a mixture of these)
To serve: toasted almonds or sesame seeds

Instructions

In a bowl mix the Tagine paste with the meat, set aside.
In a small bowl pour boiling water over the dried fruits, cover and set aside.
Finely slice the onion and chop the garlic.
Heat the oil in the pressure cooker and soften the onion and garlic.
Add the meat and cook, stirring for about 8 minutes until the meat is brown on all sides.
Add the stock, chickpeas, cinnamon stick and bay leaf.
Put on the lid, lock it, turn up the heat until it reaches pressure.
Turn the heat down to low, cook at pressure for 20 minutes then turn off the heat and allow to cool by itself. Remove the lid, add the drained fruits and reduce the sauce until thick and silky. Discard the bay leaf and cinnamon.
Taste then season with salt & pepper to your liking.
Serve with toasted almond flakes or sesame seeds if you like.

Tips

To make your own tagine paste just mix 1 teaspoon of each cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, cumin (all ground) with 2 cloves garlic (minced) with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.