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Home » Cuisine » Middle Eastern » Lamb Tagine with Pomegranate

Lamb Tagine with Pomegranate

published on March 17, 2016 | updated on September 11, 2019 by Diana

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A mouthwatering Morrocan lamb tagine, with apricots and pomegranate seeds!

Lamb tagine with pomegranates

Lamb tagine is my idea of Moroccan comfort food, the meat is slowly simmered in a ceramic pot with a cone shaped lid that allows the meat turn into a tender and succulent meal.

MOROCCAN LAMB TAGINE

This is a recipe of a beautiful lamb tagine, it’s a hearty meal cooked with a full of flavour tagine sauce, apricots, topped with fresh coriander, pomegranate seeds, and served with white rice or couscous.

Lamb tagine with pomegranates

Simply Beef & Lamb is a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture development board, they support the Red Tractor Mark and Quality Standard mark for beef and lamb, they try to help consumers make better choices when buying beef and lamb meat. Their website contains a lot of useful information on how to carefully select your cuts of meat to get the very best value and taste, there are also many different interesting recipes, and the website can even help you find your nearest quality standard butcher.

Simply Beef & Lamb designed the #LivePeasant campaign to encourage every day, at home cooks to embrace a more simple, rustic approach to cook, inspired by the current “Peasant food” trend, and think about the traditional one-pot recipes that were passed on to us from our ancestors.

I love one-pot recipes, and we cook stews and casseroles at home pretty often. They’re great especially for people who lead busy lifestyles, and still would like to eat home cooked healthy and affordable meals.

Lamb tagine with pomegranates

So ladies and gentlemen, get your pots out to start cooking at home, and think about incorporating more beef and lamb in your diet! Beef and lamb can play an important part in a healthy balanced diet. The meat contains a wide variety of essential nutrients such as protein, key minerals, iron, zinc, and B vitamins including vitamin B12 which is not naturally found in green plants and conventional vegetables.

Now back to the recipe, Simple Beef & Lamb asked me to recreate one of their recipes, and I chose to recreate this lamb tagine dish. The best thing about this recipe is how the meat falls apart tender in the tagine, when it’s slowly cooked in the tagine ceramic dish or a casserole dish. The flavours nicely blend together as they are simmered for a couple of hours, and the lamb is infused with the amazing results!

Lamb tagine with pomegranates

This beautiful lamb tagine is usually served with either white rice, or couscous, and it can also be served with traditional Middle Eastern flatbread. And finally let me tell you something, this dish is great for a Sunday dinner, but easy enough for everyday! If you’re having guests over, they will be impressed!

A mouthwatering Lamb tagine with pomegranates

Lamb Tagine with Pomegranate

5 from 4 votes
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Moroccan
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 155kcal
Author: Diana

Ingredients

  • 675 grams lean boneless lamb shoulder or leg cut into 2.5cm cubes
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 onion peeled and finely chopped OR 1 x 300g pack diced onions
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed or 10ml/2 tsp garlic puree
  • 45 ml tagine paste
  • 450 ml water hot
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 3-4 dried apricots roughly chopped
  • 3 tbsp freshly chopped coriander
  • 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a large 1.7L/ 3 pint overproof dish, add the onions and the garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add the paste and lamb. Cook for 4-6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 2 hours.
  • minutes before the end of the cooking time add the apricots. Cover and continue to cook for the remainder of the cooking time.
  • Garnish with the coriander and pomegranate seeds and serve with steamed couscous or rice.

Notes

This recipe works well in a low over at gas mark 3, 170c, 325F.

Nutrition

Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 276mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 145IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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Recipe commissioned by Simply Beef and Lamb. Recipe courtesy of Simply Beef & Lamb. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Little Sunny Kitchen happen. All opinions are my own.

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Comments

  1. Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry

    March 19, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    5 stars
    Oh what I would not give to have a huge bowl of this right now.

    Reply
  2. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy

    March 18, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    I bet this smells incredible. I love adding pomegranate to meals for a little pop of colour and flavour.

    Reply
  3. Claudia | Gourmet Project

    March 18, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    5 stars
    my tagine is been asleep too long. Time to put it to work, and this is a great recipe to start with 🙂

    Reply
  4. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours

    March 18, 2016 at 1:50 pm

    5 stars
    This looks delicious Diana, I do love a good one pot! So easy to make and also to clean up.

    Reply
  5. Swayam

    March 18, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    This looks seriously good!! Love the recipe ..and the pics are superb!!

    Reply
  6. Sarah

    March 18, 2016 at 1:01 pm

    This looks great! I bet the pomegranate is such a nice contrast with the heavy meat

    Reply
  7. Janie

    March 18, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Oh my, I swear I can almost smell it Diana! I bet it tastes even better the next day too 🙂
    Janie x

    Reply
  8. Helen

    March 18, 2016 at 10:24 am

    Fabulously tasty – would certainly cook this one again

    Reply
  9. Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes

    March 18, 2016 at 10:00 am

    Lamb tagine is one of our favourite dishes in our house and I have a similar recipe on my blog. It really looks delicous!

    Reply
  10. Kavey

    March 18, 2016 at 9:36 am

    This really does look so tempting, and the photos just pop off the page!

    Reply
  11. Camilla @FabFood4All

    March 18, 2016 at 12:59 am

    5 stars
    This looks so good, I really have to try this recipe! Thanks for linking to my Hotpot:-)

    Reply
  12. Dee

    March 17, 2016 at 10:36 pm

    This dish looks spectacular! And, I love that it’s simple and cooked in one pot too! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Tamara

    March 17, 2016 at 10:05 pm

    What a gorgeous post! Your photos are spectacular, and I want to order a tagine (one item I don’t have in my kitchen) and make this recipe! I’m pinning this one…

    Reply
  14. Catherine

    March 17, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    Oh this looks absolutely delicious! What a wonderful and comforting dish.

    Reply
  15. Taylor Thurston

    March 17, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    First of all your pictures are absolutely amazing. They are making my mouth water like crazy! Where could I find a tagine ceramic dish? I’m assuming amazon? Ca’t wait to try this. Pinnning for later!

    Reply

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