Moroccan Lamb Stew

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A dish truly fit for a Moghul Emperor. As served at the Taj Palace, Delhi, India.

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Moroccan Lamb Stew Ingredients

2 1/5 pounds Lamb Shanks - 6 -8 shanks	17 ounces Lamb Stock
12 ounces Tomato puree	1/2 teaspoon kosher salt - to taste
8 ounces Red pepper puree	1/2 teaspoon Black pepper - to taste
2 teaspoons Fennel seed - toasted and crushed	3 cups Cous Cous - cooked
2 medium Onions - white or yellow	8 small Cherry tomatoes
2 ounces garlic - 4-6 cloves - crushed

Instructions for Moroccan Lamb Stew

You can make red pepper puree by flame roasting the peppers, seeding them and running it through the blender with a bit of water. In India it's available in packages which are quite convenient.

Brown then simmer lamb bones and trimmings in water with a few vegetables to make lamb stock. Or look for it on the specialty shelves at your market. If a total pinch you could use beef stock but it will not be at all "authentic" as beef is not common in that part of the world.

Mix together the tomato and red pepper puree, fennel, salt, pepper, garlic, and stock. Place the lamb shanks in this marinade for at least 30 minutes. Overnight in a plastic bag worked well when I did this recipe.

Preheat oven to 325F (160C)
Roast the lamb - in the marinade- for 1 hour-40 minutes until the meat is very tender.

Carefully remove the lamb and strain the liquid into a saucepan. Cook until it thickens to a sauce consistancy (about 15 minutes).

Place a ring of couscous on each plate. Stand a lamb shank in the center and pur the sauce over the meat. Garnish with halved cherry tomatoes and a bit of parsley.

Adapted from recipe by Chef Dharamivir Singh, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi.

Each (1 shank, 500 gram) serving contains an estimated:
Cals: 615, FatCals: 190, TotFat: 21g
SatFat: 9g, PolyFat: 2, MonoFat: 9g
Chol: 128mg, Na: 468mg, K: 872
TotCarbs: 59g, Fiber 5g, Sugars: 5g
NetCarbs: 54g, Protein: 45g

Main Ingredient: LambCuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredient Insight - look inside this recipe

Fennel

Garlic

Kosher Salt

Lamb

Onion

Tomato

Roast Marinade Advance Main Dish Middle Eastern Lamb Dinner

for flavor and categorization

I would like to thank the Chefs of the Taj Palace for freely sharing their knowledge and recipes with me during a recent visit. It was a wonderful experience. Those Emperor guys really knew how to eat! [I posted this recipe.]