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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pat lamb dry. | 2. Season with salt and pepper. | 3. Melt butter in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. | 4. Add lamb and onion and sauté until onion is soft and meat is brown. | 5. Heat ½ cup beef broth in small saucepan over low heat. | 6. Blend in saffron and stir to dissolve. | 7. Add saffron to lamb with remaining broth and cinnamon and bring to boil. | 8. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until lamb is tender, about 1 ½ hours. | 9. Remove lamb from skillet using slotted spoon; discard cinnamon. | 10. Stir in honey, ground cinnamon and simmer 5 more minutes. | 11. Return lamb to pan. | 12. Add dates and continue simmering until dates are plump, about 5 minutes. | 13. Prepare spiced couscous (omitting raisins) to serve 6-8 people. | 14. Spoon couscous around edge of platter (a small brass one would be nice if you have one) and spoon tajine in center. | 15. Sprinkle tajine with almonds and sesame seeds. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lamb shoulder	3		trimmed cut	3592.512	0.0	225.6206	291.8916
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
onion	2		chopped	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
beef broth	2	cups		33.6	0.192	5.472	1.056
saffron thread	1/2	teaspoon	crushed	-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
honey	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
date	1	cup	pitted	414.54	110.2941	3.6015	0.5733
almond	1/2	cup	toasted	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
sesame seed	2	teaspoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
couscous			spiced	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.