Beef Tagine with Cous Cous
This is simply delicious and as with most dishes of this nature it tastes even better the next day!
4 people
90 minutes
20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tin Batchelors Chickpeas
- 1 tsp Ground Cumin (optional)
- 225 g SuperValu Goodness Cous Cous
- 1 medium SuperValu Onion chopped
- 1 - SuperValu Orange zest
- 510 g SuperValu Quality Irish Diced Beef
- 1 - SuperValu Sweet Potato cut into cubes
- 2 - SuperValu Tomato chopped
From the Store Cupboard
-
450
ml
Beef Stock
-
350
ml
Chicken Stock Cube
or Boiling Water
-
1
tsp
Chilli Powder
-
1
tbsp
Plain Flour
-
50
g
Raisins
-
1
tsp
SuperValu Cinnamon
-
1
tsp
SuperValu Dried Mixed Herbs
-
2
cloves
SuperValu Garlic
chopped
-
1
tbsp
SuperValu Olive Oil
-
1
tsp
SuperValu Sugar
-
0
-
SuperValu Whole Black Peppercorns
Method
- Mix together the mixed herbs with the spices (cumin, cinnamon, chilli powder) and the sugar.
- Toss the beef pieces in the spice mix, adding the oil to coat the spice to the beef.
- Leave the meat for 20 minutes and then fry off on a large frying pan until all of the meat has been browned evenly.
- Transfer the meat to an ovenproof casserole dish.
- Preheat oven to 170°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3.
- Next fry off the onions, garlic and sweet potato for approx 3-4 minutes until well browned.
- Add the plain flour and stir this with the vegetables for a minute or two.
- Then mix in the chopped tomatoes with the beef stock.
- Pour all of this deliciously fragrant sauce into the casserole dish, mix in with the meat and pop into the oven and simmer for 1 hour until the meat is tender.
- Check the dish every 20 minutes to give it a stir and if you feel the mixture is becoming too dry add in some additional stock.
- After an hour, add the chickpeas, raisins and orange zest and return to the oven for a further 20-30 minutes.
Cous Cous
- At this stage place the cous cous into a large bowl, pour in the boiling water/ chicken stock and cover with some cling film and leave for 15 minutes.
- Remove the cling film, fluff up the mixture with a fork and season with some salt and pepper.
- Serve with the Beef Tagine and if desired you could sprinkle with some toasted almonds and/or natural yoghurt.
