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Tagine of lamb & merguez sausages

Name: Tagine of lamb & merguez sausages
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 tbsp each ground cumin, paprika and turmeric; 1 tsp hot chilli powder; 2 large red onions , roughly chopped; 3 garlic cloves; thumb-sized piece ginger , roughly chopped; 200ml/ 7fl oz olive oil; 200ml/ 7fl oz lemon juice (about 4 lemons); 1 tbsp honey; large handful flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped; large handful coriander , roughly chopped; 6 lamb shanks or a 1kg/2lb 4oz piece lamb or mutton shoulder (if using shoulder ask the butcher to cut it into 10cm chunks on the bone); 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 carrots , sliced; 2 red onions , sliced; 12 dried prunes; 1 tbsp honey; juice ½ lemon; 8 merguez sausages (optional); 2 preserved lemons , homemade (see recipe below) or bought, pulp scooped out, rinsed and finely sliced; 2 mint sprigs, to serve; harissa , to serve (see recipe below)

21 ingredients Serves 8 openrecipes

A famous Moroccan casserole named after the clay dish it's cooked in and containing strong, fragrant flavours

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

883

Calories

40g

Protein

62g

Fat

43g

Carbs

Counts 12 of 17 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Lamb	100g cooked	294
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Coriander	not in our table	0
Mutton	not in our table	0
Prune	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0
Harissa	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

1 tbsp each ground cumin, paprika and turmeric
1 tsp hot chilli powder
2 large red onions , roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves
thumb-sized piece ginger , roughly chopped
200ml/ 7fl oz olive oil
200ml/ 7fl oz lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
1 tbsp honey
large handful flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped
large handful coriander , roughly chopped
6 lamb shanks or a 1kg/2lb 4oz piece lamb or mutton shoulder (if using shoulder ask the butcher to cut it into 10cm chunks on the bone)
4 tbsp olive oil
2 carrots , sliced
2 red onions , sliced
12 dried prunes
1 tbsp honey
juice ½ lemon
8 merguez sausages (optional)
2 preserved lemons , homemade (see recipe below) or bought, pulp scooped out, rinsed and finely sliced
2 mint sprigs, to serve
harissa , to serve (see recipe below)

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

Tagine of lamb & merguez sausages

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