Nigella Lawson’s Lamb and Date Christmas Tagine

Just a quick post to announce that Nigella Lawson’s Flameware Tagine, as seen on her BBC show ‘Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen’ have arrived and are in stock and ready to be sent out! We have had a high level of interest in the tagines, so order yours now before they sell out.

On Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen, she made a lamb tagine, I have posted the recipe below from the BBC Food website, if you would like to have a go at making it yourself.

Sarah

Lamb and Date Tagine by Nigella Lawson

Ingredients
3-4 tbsp goose fat or olive oil
2 onions, peeled and chopped
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground allspice
1kg/2lb 3oz boneless leg of lamb, chopped into cubes
250g/9oz soft dried dates, stones removed, or Medjool dates, stones removed
250ml/9fl oz pomegranate juice
250ml/9fl oz water
2 tsp Maldon sea salt, or 1 tsp table salt

1. Warm the goose fat (or oil) in a wide heavy-based pan with a lid. Add the onions and cook gently over a low heat for ten minutes, or until softened.

2. Add the ground cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, cumin and allspice and mix well.

3. Turn up the heat and add the lamb, stirring often, until browned all over.

4. Add the dates, pomegranate juice, water and salt and bring to the boil. Cover with the lid and turn down the heat to very low to cook for two hours. (You can cook in the oven if you prefer, for two hours at 150C/300F/Gas 2.)

5. Serve in bowls.