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Title: Moroccan Lamb
Post by: virgosandra on June 03, 2009, 01:57:26 am
A recipe I concocted recently. Hope you enjoy it as much as my family did. It serves 2-3 adults. 
It is a slightly sweet, savoury dish served on rice or couscous.  You can increase the chickpeas if desired.
Sandra

Moroccan Lamb

1 Onion
1 Clove garlic
5gm Butter
400 gm Lamb
2 tsp Ground Cumin
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
300gm Tin of Chickpeas
150gm Water
100gm Dried Dates
30gm Honey
30gm Tomato Paste
20gm TM Vegetable Stock
Juice of 1 lime


Place garlic clove and quartered onion into TM bowl and chop for 5 seconds
on speed 5.
Scrape down the sides and add the Butter, chopped lamb (1.5 - 2cm cubes),
Cumin and cinnamon.
Cook 100 degrees,  :-:, speed 1 for 10 minutes.
Scrape down sides and add chickpeas, water, Dates, Honey, Tomato Paste, Vegie stock and lime juice.
Cook 100 degrees,  :-:, speed 1 for 10 minutes.



members' comments

JD - this is a great dish.  I used lamb backstraps, the dish would feed 4 people.  Couscous was nice for a change too. Thanks for posting it -  did it exactly as you posted it apart from the fact I used a 425g tin of chick peas.

riv mum - Awesome!! Didn't even have to go to the shop had everything in the pantry. The only extra/different thing I did was add pumpkin with the onion and garlic right at the start. Was very thick and so wintery!! 

marmee - it is a fabulous dish!  Thanks so much for posting.  We enjoyed immensely. We used lemon instead of lime and sultanas instead of dates (cause that's what we had on hand) - and still delicious!

sianon - Very very yummy. I now regularly make to freeze in small portions for work lunches or those nights where I can't be bothered cooking.

Chelsea - it was absolutely delicious!!!!

CP - Very tasty dish. Even though I put in ground coriander by mistake and then added the ground cinnamon when I realised -- it still got the thumbs up. Didn't read that it only fed 2-3 people until I started to make it but made sure we had lots of accompanying vegetables and couscous. Will make this again 9/10.

JulieO - Didn't feel like rice or couscous to go with it so made mashed potatoes and thickly cut carrots.  Was absolutely delicious, we loved it. I bought a half leg of lamb, trimmed it and cut into cubes, enough for this meal and have frozen the left overs for another meal. A really lovely meal all done in the TM, so no oven to heat up my kitchen on a hot day.

faffa - I made 1 1/2 times the recipe though I did use two 420g tins of chickpeas. It all just fit in the bowl so think even with the "normal" amount of chick peas you might struggle to get double in - so if you try double definitely leave the chickpeas until last! Served this with couscous and steamed pumpkin and sweet potato.

Jabba - It was delicious - even my 4-year old was raving about it and we still have a couple of bowls left for lunch tomorrow.
I had to make a few changes, based on what I had available.  I used 500 gm of lamb, a 400-ish gram tin of chickpeas, didn't have any tomato paste so used 90 g of Tomato (Pasta) Sauce (from the Everyday cookbook) that I had made the day before and the juice of most of one lemon. We had it over quinoa, with some steamed veg and a dollop of yogurt.  Really, really good!

Roxy - Delicious!!!! I added sultanas instead of dates as daughter loves them and it was great.  Didn't have any rice and so made mashed potato/sweet potato and they worked well together. Thanks will make this again.

Snoozie - Had this with cous cous... yummo!

SuzieHomemaker - it was a delicious hit with the whole family - thank you!

AmandaN - So quick, no-fuss and tasty! DH and I gave it a big thumbs up and I can see I am going to be doing variations on this theme regularly.

Tick of Yum - I just wanted to say that this was absolutely fantastic!!   

Caroline J - Made this (with beef) and it was divine.  Will try it with chicken next time and put a dollop of greek yoghurt and drizzle some pomegranate molasses over the top... 

NatMc - WOW this is really lovely. So quick and easy and tasted delish. Thanks for a great recipe.

Lellyj - Very easy and tasty.  I used forequater chops from which I removed the fat and bone. In my opinion tasted quite "lamby", would probably prefer leg or backstrap myself but still a nice, easy dish.

Mrs KK - This recipe is delicious. I used a cut of roast lamb - trimmed and cubed it all. I also doubled the recipe as I ended up with double the meat. This will definitely be included as a regular in our household. I cooked it the day before we had it and thought I was going to have to heat it in the slowcooker for the meat to tenderise - to my surprise it was tender and didn't need to. Next time I think I will cut down on the dates and honey as it was almost too sweet. Thanks for a great recipe.

KathD11 - it was so delicious I had to jump on straight away to say thanks! I was a bit sceptical about the dates as I havent cooked them in a savoury dish before but it really turned out lovely.

himeliann - it was a great hit with the family. Thank you for the recipe.

Sue_Purrb - although I had dates and honey in the pantry I decided not to use them as I wasn't sure if I would like the sweetness.  It was deliciously tangy from the lime juice, and the lamb was surprisingly tender from such a short cooking time.

Maddy -  served with pearl cous cous.
I doubled everything except the chick peas and it all fit no problems in the jug.  I also cubed leg roast meat (larger cube) & cooked for  an extra 8 minutes.
I did find it too sweet though, so next time I will cut out the honey.  I think there would be enough sweetness from just the dates.

Jamberie - everyone had seconds. I served it with quinoa which had a mix of pistachios, red onion,  sultanas, apricots, mint and moroccan seasoning through it.

Ozzie_Mum - Made this as part of my weekend cook up without the meat and using a whole tin of chick peas (I'll add the meat later in the week). Son walked passed and asked what smelt so good :) so gave him a spoonful and he loved it. Has come over very thick - maybe due to not being able to find my MC and a little sweet for my liking. Possibly next time I may add a little chilli.

CC - We loved it. I did leave out the honey as I knew this would make it too sweet for my DH's palate.I used cubed  Lamb Steaks for the meat. I also cooked it at 98oC during the second period of cooking in my TM5.



Title: Re: Morrocan Chicken
Post by: brazen20au on June 03, 2009, 02:02:12 am
sounds so good!!
Title: Re: Morrocan Chicken
Post by: judydawn on June 03, 2009, 02:08:16 am
Another one for my recipe file - thanks Sandra.  One little thing though, did you mean chicken or lamb ??? ???  It is called chicken but contains lamb - maybe either??
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: virgosandra on June 03, 2009, 06:53:18 am
I guess I was having a 'duh' moment when I typed in the subject line.  You are indeed correct, it should be Morrocan Lamb and I have changed the subject line accordingly.  Sorry.  However, I couldn't see any reason why you could not substitute with chicken if you were that way inclined.
Cheers
Sandra
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: judydawn on June 03, 2009, 07:39:56 am
It is so nice to know you young ones have 'senior moments' too and it is not exclusive to us oldies. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on June 03, 2009, 09:41:25 am
Thanks, does sound good.  Could imagine even doing a vegetarian version.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: judydawn on June 07, 2009, 11:12:00 am
Virgo Sandra, this is a great dish.  We had it for tea tonight using lamb backstraps - they seem expensive but it only cost me $10 as they are pure meat and the dish would feed 4 people.  Couscous was nice for a change too.  DH gave it his seal of approval and it has now gone into my recipe folder for future use.  Thanks for posting it -  did it exactly as you posted it apart from the fact I used a 425g tin of chick peas.  I hope Tenina sees this one as it would be a great addition to the new meat book.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on June 08, 2009, 01:42:15 am
We'll send her a link
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Tenina on June 08, 2009, 10:28:55 am
thanks for thinking of me guys!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: virgosandra on June 08, 2009, 10:51:40 am
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the dish Judy.
I think I got the proportions just right - just the right amount of lime to cut through the honey, but anyone liking their food more sweet or sour can always add more of what they prefer (lime/honey) without effecting the end too much.
I did actually send the recipe to Tenina when I saw she was looking for 'meat' dishes.
Cheers
Sandra
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: riv_mum on June 09, 2009, 01:19:01 pm
Made this tonight. Awesome!!
Didnt even have to go to the shop had everything in the pantry. The only extra/different thing i did was add pumpkin with the onion and garlic right at the start. Was very thick and so wintery!!  :) :)
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: marmee on July 31, 2009, 03:08:50 am
I second, third or is it forth that - it is a fabulous deish!  Thanks so much for posting.  We enjoyed immensely. 

We used lemon instead of lime (thanks to our lemon tree) and sultanas instead of dates (cause that's what we had on hand) - and still delicious!

If you haven't made this before - get cooking tonight!!!   ;D
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: sianon on August 02, 2009, 12:10:38 pm
mmm made this for dinner tonight.  Very very yum,my and enough left over for lunch at work tomorrow.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on August 04, 2009, 11:51:49 am
Thank you Sandra.  I made this tonight for dinner and it was absolutely delicious!!!!
Chelsea  :)
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: judydawn on August 04, 2009, 12:36:50 pm
Wow, 5 reviews now for this recipe - this is more like how this forum should be.  Reviews have been sadly lacking from posted recipes and Virgosandra should be very pleased with herself for coming up with this one.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Sundari on August 08, 2009, 09:15:01 am
sounds delicious can't wait to try it out
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: sianon on August 31, 2009, 11:32:59 pm
This is something (along with the German potato soup)  I now regularly make to freeze in small portions for work lunches or those nights where I can't be bothered cooking.    Now need to expand my collection of yummy recipes.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on September 01, 2009, 01:01:17 am
Always great to get recommendations like that - maybe we should have a rating system??

I know my steamed sea urchin custards would not get a star - but hey, it's about making this more friendly to all, not just weirdos.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: CreamPuff63 on September 02, 2009, 09:28:19 am
Very tasty dish. Even though I put in ground coriander by mistake, and then added the ground cinnamon when I realised -- it still got the thumbs up. Didn't read that it only fed 2-3 people until I started to make it, but made sure we had lots of accompanying vegetables and couscous. Will make this again 9/10
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: JulieO on November 07, 2009, 07:10:26 am
Made this today for an early tea.  Didn't feel like rice or couscous to go with it, so made mashed potatoes and thickly cut carrots.  Was absolutely delicious, we loved it.

I bought a half leg of lamb, trimmed it and cut into cubes, enough for this meal and have frozen the left over for another meal.

A really lovely meal all done in the TM, so no oven to heat up my kitchen on a hot day.  :D
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Snoozie on November 07, 2009, 02:22:30 pm
Wow Julie looks delicious!  Have to add this one to my to do list!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on November 08, 2009, 06:08:30 am
Does look good.  Karen Martini has chickpea recipes in her Sunday column today - fits in well.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Snoozie on December 02, 2009, 08:30:14 am
Has anyone tried doubling this?  I'm thinking of making it for a birthday dinner but I know the people coming are big lamb fans so might not be enough with one serve????

Could I just double the ingredients... would that still taste good??? Will it fit in the tmx? LOL

Might just make it in two lots and save myself some grief lmao
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on December 02, 2009, 01:08:32 pm
You could probably get double in, but it may pay not to put the chickpeas in until all other ingredients are in, and then add some if there is plenty of room.  If you put them in the Varoma if they don't fit and mix it all together and leave for 10 minutes for the flavours to blend.

Alternatively - cook 2 lots the day before, but slightly undercook it and then reheat in the oven in a casserole?  The flavours will improve overnight.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: faffa_70 on December 02, 2009, 02:03:45 pm
I normally cook this in two lots ... more out of habit than anything. I THINK you could squeeze double into the bowl but would do as Thermomixer says and leave the chickpeas until last. Let us know what you decide and how you go.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: faffa_70 on December 07, 2009, 11:39:47 am
Ok made this for DH's birthday tonight (it is one of his favourites at the moment) . I made 1 1/2 times the recipe (as and DS number 1 is away)  though I did use two 420g tins of chickpeas (I couldn't be bothered with open tins in the fridge and they are good for you!!) It all just fit in the bowl so think even with the "normal" amount of chick peas you might struggle to get double in - so if you try double definitely leave the chick peas until last!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Jabba on December 10, 2009, 09:11:51 am
I made this late last night and we reheated it and have just eaten it for dinner.  It was delicious - even my 4-year old was raving about it.  And we still have a couple of bowls left for lunch tomorrow.

I had to make a few changes, based on what I had available.  I used 500 gm of lamb, a 400-ish gram tin of chickpeas, didn't have any tomato paste so used 90 g of Tomato (Pasta) Sauce (from the Everyday cookbook) that I had made the day before and the juice of most of one lemon.

We had it over quinoa, with some steamed veg and a dollop of yogurt.  Really, really good!

Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Roxy on December 15, 2009, 09:02:24 am
Delicious!!!!

Have now used chick peas twice in my life.  I added sultanas instead of dates as daughter loves them and it was great.  Didn't have any rice and so made mashed potato/sweet potato and they worked well together.

Thanks will make this again  ;D
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: faffa_70 on December 15, 2009, 02:42:03 pm
I actually serve this with couscous (made in the thermoserver - [is that tip on here somewhere????] and steamed pumpkin and sweet potato. Thought I had posted that but alas no, only written it on the bottom of my recipe!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Snoozie on December 20, 2009, 12:27:46 pm
Had this tonight with cous cous... yummo!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: SusieHomemaker on December 23, 2009, 09:37:24 am
I am a new Thermomixer and after a few 'disasters' tried this Morrocan Lamb and it was a delicious hit with the whole family - thank you!

My question is, would it be okay to double the recipe so it serves more? I have two teenagers in my house who were looking for more?

Thanks  :)
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: judydawn on December 23, 2009, 09:46:45 am
Have a read of all the comments in this thread SusieHomemaker & you will see a discussion on this very question. Thermomixer came up with a way and Faffa70 successfully did 1.5 times the recipe for her large family. This is a very popular recipe on the forum.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on December 24, 2009, 06:33:17 am
Just to help - my idea



You could probably get double in, but it may pay not to put the chickpeas in until all other ingredients are in, and then add some if there is plenty of room.  If you put them in the Varoma if they don't fit and mix it all together and leave for 10 minutes for the flavours to blend.

Alternatively - cook 2 lots the day before, but slightly undercook it and then reheat in the oven in a casserole?  The flavours will improve overnight.


and faffa_70's results


Ok made this for DH's birthday tonight (it is one of his favourites at the moment) . I made 1 1/2 times the recipe (as and DS number 1 is away)  though I did use two 420g tins of chickpeas (I couldn't be bothered with open tins in the fridge and they are good for you!!) It all just fit in the bowl so think even with the "normal" amount of chick peas you might struggle to get double in - so if you try double definitely leave the chick peas until last!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: SusieHomemaker on December 24, 2009, 08:51:24 am
Many thanks - sorry still getting the hang of this - should have read through. I will give it a go. Great recipe though!!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on December 25, 2009, 11:40:45 pm
Many thanks - sorry still getting the hang of this - should have read through. I will give it a go. Great recipe though!!

I feel sorry for newbies - there were only about 50 posts before I joined - easy to read through them all - and now just have to catch up every day or so.

Good luck Susie
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: AmandaN on July 17, 2010, 02:42:58 pm
Reviving an old thread here.......but soooo worth it!

Made this tonight.  So quick and no-fuss, and tasty! DH and I gave it a big thumbs up and I can see I am going tobe doing variations on this theme regularly.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Snoozie on July 18, 2010, 08:00:28 am
It's great isn't it Amanda?  It's a regular in our house :)
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: www.Tick of Yum.webs.com on July 18, 2010, 12:25:03 pm
Hi,

I just wanted to say that this was absolutely fantastic!!   We are new consultants for Thermomix in South Australia and I have a small blog  (VERY small compared to this blog) where I review the recipes in the Thermomix cookbook... I have reviewed two recipes now from elsewhere, yours being one of them.  http://tickofyum.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/4291243-moroccan-lamb

Many thanks!
Berni & John
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Thermomixer on July 19, 2010, 04:06:53 am
Welcome - great to see you spreading the word.  ;)
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Caroline J on September 07, 2010, 05:41:51 am
Made this (with beef) on the weekend, and it was divine.  Will try it with chicken next time, and put a dollop of greek yoghurt and drizzle some pomegranate molasses over the top...   ;D
Title: Re: Morrocan Chicken
Post by: www.Tick of Yum.webs.com on November 12, 2010, 03:32:20 am
Another one for my recipe file - thanks Sandra.  One little thing though, did you mean chicken or lamb ??? ???  It is called chicken but contains lamb - maybe either??

I make it with chicken and it is YUM!!
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: cookie1 on November 12, 2010, 06:05:25 am
Welcome Tick of Yum.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: NatMc on December 08, 2010, 11:30:02 pm
WOW this is really lovely. So quick and easy and tasted delish. Thanks for a great recipe.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Lellyj on April 18, 2012, 01:11:40 pm
Made this tonight. Very easy and tasty.  I used forequater chops from which I removed the fat and bone from--in my opinion tasted quite "lamby", would probably prefer leg or backstrap, myself, but still a nice, easy dish. Have the MOTM cookbook, but have never cooked anything from it, then was led to this recipe by CP's legendary list! 
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: Mrs KK on May 09, 2012, 02:01:49 am
I made this last week and didn't get around to reviewing it. This recipe is delicious. I used a cut of roast lamb - trimmed and cubed it all. I also doubled the recipe as I ended up with double the meat. This will definitely be included as a regular in our household. I cooked it the day before we had it and thought I was going to have to heat it in the slowcooker for the meat to tenderise - to my surprise it was tender and didn't need to. Next time I think I will cut down on the dates and honey as it was almost too sweet. Thanks for a great recipe. ;)
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: KathD11 on July 21, 2012, 11:13:06 am
I made this for dinner tonight and it was so delicious I had to jump on straight away to say thanks! I was a bit sceptical about the dates as I havent cooked them in a savoury dish before but it really turned out lovely.
Title: Re: Morrocan Lamb
Post by: himeliann on December 06, 2012, 04:44:24 am
i tried your dish yesterday evening and it was a great hit with the family  :D :D

thank you for the recipe
Title: Re: Moroccan Lamb
Post by: sue_purrb on February 14, 2015, 05:02:40 am
I made this the other night and we really enjoyed it.

I don't think I've ever made anything with Moroccan flavours before, and although I had dates and honey in the pantry I decided not to use them as I wasn't sure if I would like the sweetness.  It was deliciously tangy from the lime juice, and the lamb was surprisingly tender from such a short cooking time.

I served it with steamed broccoli and mashed potato.
Title: Re: Moroccan Lamb
Post by: maddy on February 20, 2015, 12:20:12 am
Made this last night & served with pearl cous cous.
I doubled everything except the chick peas, and it all fit no problems in the jug.  I also cubed leg roast meat (larger cube) & cooked for  an extra 8 minutes.
I did find it too sweet though, so next time I will cut out the honey.  I think there would be enough sweetness from just the dates.
Title: Re:
Post by: Jamberie on February 21, 2015, 11:14:34 am
Made this tonight and everyone had seconds :o
I served it with quinoa which had a mix of pistachios, red onion,  sultanas, apricots, mint and maroccan seasoning through it.
Title: Re: Moroccan Lamb
Post by: ozzie_mum on June 14, 2015, 03:25:57 am
Made this as part of my weekend cook up without the meat and using a whole tin of chick peas (I'll add the meat later in the week)

Son walked passed and asked what smelt so good :) so gave him a spoonful and he loved it.

Has come over very thick - maybe due to not being able to find my MC and a little sweet for my liking. Possibly next time I may add a little chilli.
Title: Re: Moroccan Lamb
Post by: Cornish Cream on June 26, 2015, 07:15:36 pm
Although this recipe has been on the forum for six years I only tried it tonight.We loved it.I did leave out the honey as I knew this would make it too sweet for my DH's palate.I used cubed  Lamb Steaks for the meat.I also cooked it at 98c during the second period of cooking in my TM5.