Lamb With Pear Tagine

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 onions, peeled and sliced
• 2 lbs lamb, lean and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 4 pears, peeled, cored and cut into quarters
• water, enough to cover the meat
• 1/2 cup almonds, slivered
• salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1 teaspoon coriander, ground
• 1 teaspoon ginger, ground

Recipe

• 1 in a large sauce pan gently fry the onion in the olive oil until soft.
• 2 add lamb, ginger, and coriander to the pan and cook until it changes color.
• 3 add cumin, black pepper, cinnamon, and water to just cover the meat.
• 4 salt to taste.
• 5 cover and simmer gently until the meat is tender, about 1.5-2 hours.
• 6 if there seems to be a bit too much liquid, displace the lid after an hour of cooking.
• 7 add the pears to the meat together with almonds. cook for a further 5 minutes or until the pears are soft.
• 8 note:.
• 9 for a different twist on this, you can substitute mixed vegetables of your choice, instead of pear. it would make it more savory than sweet.