On Mothering Sunday (Yes, I know it was ages ago, I've been on holiday, all right?) I actually remembered, for once, and did something. I cooked! Now, I know what you're thinking. 'Gosh, Emily, what a hardship for you. How did you cope?' But really, you know, my mum's terribly fussy so it was quite difficult. She doesn't like meat or fish (apart from the occasional prawn butty) or anything excessively rich or cheesy, or anything vaguely oriental and soy-sauce-y. Now do you see? That's everything I love! How on earth do I cook something under those circumstances?
Handily, I was able to reach a fortuitous conclusion. She loves curry. BUT. I was not going to cook curry. That would be too obvious. I went Morrocan. I plucked from the recesses of my brain a wonderful recipe I picked up when I was in Marrake -
Oh, all right. I just saw the recipe in Olive and thought 'Yeah. Okay. Cool.'
It worked out perfectly actually because in the end the spices smelled fairly similar to a curry (naturally she wasn't allowed in the kitchen) and so we led her down the wrong track. Do you see? My sister and I enjoyed it very much.
I'm not sure why the sugar's out. But anyway.
I think the seven vegetables were potato, butternut squash, carrot, courgette, tomato, chickpeas and green beans. I think. I suppose I could just check on the recipe but that would be too easy.
It called for preserved lemon, which I didn't have. I don't think I've even ever seen them in a shop. But anyway, I found something - Oh! that's why the sugar's out! - that says you can sort of make emergency preserved lemon, as it were, by frying some sliced lemon in olive oil, salt and sugar. But I couldn't really taste it in the tagine, so I just shoved some extra lemon in too.
We had it with some couscous and some harissa and yoghurt.
It was a bit runny, but it was really good. And it tasted lovely with the olives in, as well.
It also made a fabulous soup the next day, whizzed up with some cream.
On a scale of one to yummy? A 17.
Yum! Who doesn't love a bit of tagine?
ReplyDeleteIf you were at my house, you could have used my fabulously-homemade-from-scratch preserved lemons, aren't I cool! To be far it's not rocket science -lemons+ salt + cinnamon + bay leaves=preserved lemons - but still, I feel all cultured now. x
Show off. xx
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