Slow cooker lamb tagine

2 of 5-a-day family family friendly freezable lamb tagine slow cooker stew tagine

Ingredients

900g lamb shoulder, neck or leg, cut into chunks

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped

3 carrots, cut into chunks

2 tsp ras-el-hanout

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tbsp tomato purée

1 chicken or lamb stock cube or stock pot

1 sweet potato, cut into chunks

30g dried cherries

½ tsp honey

½ bunch coriander, chopped

couscous, to serve

Method

Fry the lamb in the oil in batches and tip it into the slow cooker. Fry the onion in the same pan for 5 mins or until it softens a little. Add the carrots and spices, stir everything together, add the tomato purée, stock and 250ml water and swirl everything around the pan. Tip into the slow cooker. Add the sweet potato, dried cherries, honey and another 500ml water.

Cook on low for 8 hrs or high for 4 hrs. Stir in the coriander and serve with couscous. Leave to cool before freezing.