Title: Lamb And Apricot Tagine
Categories: Food networ, Food3
Yield: 1 servings

115 g Dried apricots
550 g Shoulder of lamb; off the
-bone,
; trimmed of fat and
; cut into
Chunks
1 ts Powdered ginger
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Freshly ground black pepper
1 pn Mace or nutmeg
1 lg Onion; peeled and grated
45 g Unsalted butter
1 sm Bunc fresh coriander
1 sm Bunc fresh flat-leaf parsley
Sea salt

Pour sufficient boiling water over the apricots to just cover them and
leave to soak. Place the meat in a large heavy casserole or better still a
tagine if you have one. Sprinkle over the spices, the grated onion and the
butter cut into small pieces. Place the casserole over a low heat and cook
for 5 minutes, stirring regularly, until the butter melts and the spices
give off their scent - the meat should not brown. Tie the herbs together in
a bunch and add them to the pot. Pour in just enough water to barely cover
the meat. Bring to the boil then turn down the heat and leave to simmer
gently for 1 hour.

Now add the apricots to the tagine, together with their liquid and salt to
taste. Cook for a further 30 minutes, until the apricots are plumped up.
Taste to check the seasoning, remove the bunches of herbs and serve with
flat bread.

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