Moroccan Braised Beef
Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil (separately)
2.5lbs beef (cut into quarter inch cubes)
2 cups of onions, chopped 3 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon garam masala (chopped)
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
half teaspoon turmeric
half teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup dry red wine
half cup dry sherry
2 cups beef broth
a 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes in juice
1.5 cups gold raisins
Method:
Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a big pot. Whilst the oil is heating up, sprinkle your meat with salt and pepper. When the oil is hot, put your meat into the pot and sauté until brown. This should take about 5 minutes. Put the meat into a bowl and then put another spoon of olive oil into your pot. Sauté your onions until brown. Then add the garlic, masala, paprika, cumin, turmeric and pepper. Stir this mixture for about a minute or so. Add the wine and sherry and boil until a light glaze. Stir in the tomatoes and juice, broth and raisin. Add the beef to this mixture. Reduce the heat and boil for about an hour uncovered until the mixture is thick, stirring occasionally.
Serves 6-8.
Chicken with Preserved Lemons
Ingredients:
1 T Ginger
2 cloves garlic, minced
7-8 threads of saffron (soaked for 10 minutes in hot water)
3 T olive oil
1 small onion
skin of one preserved lemon cut in four pieces
1 dozen green olives
2 T butter
Salt
Method:
Brown the chicken with the olive oil in a saucepan, add the salt, butter, ginger, onions, garlic, saffron (and saffron soaking water) and a further 1.5 cups of water. Bring the water to boil and turn the chicken, stir the mixture and reduce the heat to medium simmer. Add more water if necessary, to prevent the sauce from reducing completely. Remove the onion from the pot when it is cooked. When the chicken is cooked, remove it from the pot, rub it with butter and put it in the oven at 350 degrees, for 10 - 15 minutes or until the skin is brown. Put the chicken back into the pot, add the olives and the preserved lemon, and cook for another 10 - 15 minutes. Place the chicken olives and lemon on a platter, let the sauce thicken and reduce and pour it over the chicken before serving.