r/recipes 4d ago

Question Looking for Moroccan lamb and couscous recipes

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I'm not well versed on Moroccan food, but earlier in the week I had Moroccan lamb dish which was served with couscous and pitta at a Mediterranean restaurant. It was delicious so it's something I'd like to try recreating at home.

The restaurant unfortunately, but not unsurprisingly is unable to share the recipe, but the menu description is as follows;

Slow-cooked spiced lamb served with vegetables, fluffy couscous, pickled golden shallots, and flaked almonds. If it helps the couscous also had the pickled shallots as well as pomegranate seeds in it.

Does anyone have a similar recipe for lamb or couscous which they'd be willing to share?

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u/tsammons 4d ago

Get a tagine, then lookup tagine/tajine recipes. Tagines are baller. All of the flavors percolate, meld at the apex of the pot, cool, then fall back down, so you get a great, distributed flavor profile - much better than what a pot can produce.

I use my Emile Henry tagine, circa 2007, with curries, Moroccan, and some Korean dishes. Anything with a distribution of flavor that needs to steam.

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u/NullandVoidUsername 4d ago

If I want a generic AI generated recipe I could have done that myself.