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North African lamb casserolerecipe
Prep Time: 30 min
Baking time: 2 hours
Oven temp: 180°C
Ingredients:
Olive oil for frying
8 small pieces of lamb shanks or pieces of lamb, cut up in blocks
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, sliced
15ml grated fresh ginger
5ml each chilli powder, turmeric and cumin
1 cinnamon stick
30ml brown sugar
20 ml fish sauce
4 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
500ml prepared chicken stock
2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
Instructions:
1. Heat a little olive oil in a saucepan over a high heat. Sear the pieces of meat in batches until they are browned on both sides. Remove from the saucepan and transfer to a baking dish.
2. Reduce the heat and add the onions, stirring until translucent. Add the garlic and ginger. Stir for a minute then add all the spices. Cool for 2 minutes stirring constantly then add the sugar, fish sauce, chopped tomatoes and stock and bring to the boil.
3. Remove from the heat. Add the potatoes and sweet potato to the meat. Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven for 2 hour. Serve hot with steamed green beans and couscous.