Moroccan Lamb Tagine

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 lamb shanks
• 1/3 cup moroccan seasoning
• 1/3 cup parsley, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 10 dried apricots, halved
• 10 pitted dates, halved
• 1 (400 g) can brown lentils
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 150 degrees celcius.
• 2 mix together the seasoning, parsley and olive oil.
• 3 rub the mixture over the lamb shanks. (option: they can be left to marinate for a few hours to overnight if desired).
• 4 drizzle the extra olive oil in the bottom of the tagine. place the lamb shanks, apricots and dates in the tagine, place the lid on and put in the oven.
• 5 after 2 hours, check the meat, if it looks like it is drying out add 1/2 cup of water to the bottom of the tagine. drain the lentils and add them to bottom of the dish.
• 6 continue to cook for 40 minutes or until meat is soft and falling off the bone.