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Moroccan Lamb Stew with Fruity Couscous Recipe

written by Christie Connelly

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Moroccan Lamb Stew with Fruity Couscous Recipe

Credit: Christie Connelly

My favourite thing about visiting Morocco is discovering all the different ways sweet and savoury flavours can be combined into one delicious stew. Oh, and feasting for hours at a time, on multiple courses! This type of meal is perfect for a lazy lunch when you’ve got plenty of time to digest the meat before bedtime. Make it paleo/gluten-free by substituting the couscous with cauliflower “rice”, but still flavour it with the dried fruit to get that sweet/savoury hit.

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Method

  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 500g diced lamb leg or shoulder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1½ tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 large tomato, diced
  • 3 medjool dates, pitted & diced
  • 2 large carrots, sliced
  • 2 tbsp chopped preserved lemon rind
  • 2 cups diced pumpkin
  • 10 pitted green olives
  1. Heat ghee in large saucepan with lid. Add onion and cook over medium heat until translucent. Turn heat up to high and add diced lamb. Brown on all sides for 5 mins then sprinkle in the cinnamon, paprika, cumin, coriander and chilli. Season with salt and black pepper and stir to coat the meat.
  2. Add tomato, dates, carrot, preserved lemon and 1 cup cold water. Stir to combine and lower heat to medium–low.
  3. Cover and cook for 45 mins to 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until lamb is very tender. Then add diced pumpkin and olives and cook, covered, for further 15 mins until pumpkin is tender. Take off heat and let sit while you make couscous (recipe below).

Fruity Couscous

Ingredients

Method

  • 2 cups dry couscous
  • 6 medjool dates, pitted & diced
  • 10 dried apricots (sulphite-free), diced
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves
  1. Place dry couscous in large bowl. Add chopped dates, apricot, lemon and orange zest and ghee. Pour over 2 cups boiling water and cover with tea towel. Leave for 5 mins to absorb water. Fluff with fork and mix in chopped mint. Serve with lamb stew.




  

Christie Connelly

Christie publishes the popular Australian food blog Fig & Cherry featuring healthy, family-friendly meals and sweet treats with mouth-watering photography to match. Christie draws recipe inspiration from her Hungarian and Lebanese heritages, her travel adventures and, of course, the amazing fertile soil of the Northern Rivers with its abundance of local organic fruits, vegetables, delicious native produce and healthy free-range-reared animals. Her passion is educating parents, grandparents and carers how to shop for, prepare and cook healthy, nutritious food and to encourage children to enjoy it as well.

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