Moroccan lamb with couscous is a traditional North African dish that is sure to tantalize your taste buds. This flavorful and aromatic dish combines tender lamb, fluffy couscous, and a variety of spices to create a feast fit for royalty. With its vibrant colors and rich flavors, this dish is a perfect choice for a special occasion or a romantic dinner.
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MOROCCAN LAMB WITH COUSCOUS
Flavorful lamb top round is a highly desirable cut. Lean, affordable and easy to work with, cooking this cut of meat is a great way to fall in love with lamb.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat gas or charcoal grill. Drizzle oil over lamb, and rub ras el hanout in lamb. Set aside.
- In 3-quart saucepan, toast couscous 3 to 5 minutes over high heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant. Add chicken broth and salt. Heat to boiling; cover and turn off heat. Let stand 5 to 6 minutes or until broth is absorbed. Uncover, and fluff couscous with fork. Transfer couscous to large bowl. Add dates, apricots, onion, lemon juice, honey and cinnamon; toss to coat. Set aside at room temperature.
- Place lamb steak on grill over medium-high heat. Cover grill; cook 7 to 9 minutes on each side or until brown on both sides (145°F). Transfer to cutting board, cover loosely with foil, and let sit 3 minutes. Cut diagonally into 1/2-inch slices.
- Divide couscous among 8 serving plates. Top with lamb. Sprinkle with mint.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330, Carbohydrate 53 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 4 g, Protein 19 g, SaturatedFat 1 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 520 mg, Sugar 17 g, TransFat 0 g
MOROCCAN LAMB WITH COUSCOUS
This is a really simple recipe to make it can be on the table in 30 Min's not including the marinating time. The marinade is easy to make and something you can do the night before or before work and it is ready to go when you walk through the door. I love couscous and I think it pairs very well with this dish. I use quick cooking couscous which comes in sachets of 100g each to serve 1-2 people depending on whether making as is or serving as an accompaniment like I did. The brand I buy only takes 2 Min's to cook and you place the sachet in boiling water, so when you get to the part where you add stock and hot mango chutney to the water, please note that this is just to flavour couscous and not to be mixed with it.
Provided by The Flying Chef
Categories Lamb/Sheep
Time 35m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Prep time does not include marinating time.
- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a bowl or storage container, mix well, add lamb fillets, turn to coat, cover, marinade several hours or overnight.
- Remove lamb from marinade, discard left over marinade, cook lamb in a fry pan, or grill, or BBQ until cooked as desired, slice thickly and serve over couscous.
- Couscous.
- In a small fry pan heat a little olive oil and cook peppers until tender.
- Bring water, stock and mango chutney to the boil, add couscous sachet and cook according to packet instructions (mine is 2 Minute Couscous.)Drain and place couscous in a bowl fluff with fork.
- Add peppers, lemon juice, coriander and currants stir gently to combine.
- Yogurt.
- Combine yogurt with coriander, stir and serve drizzled over lamb.
- To Serve: Place a mound of couscous in the centre of a plate, arrange sliced lamb on top and drizzle with yogurt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 918.8, Fat 58.1, SaturatedFat 25.8, Cholesterol 161.1, Sodium 175.6, Carbohydrate 54, Fiber 6.1, Sugar 7.1, Protein 44.3
MOROCCAN COUSCOUS
This dish is great served with my Lamb Tagine and Cucumber Raita also on this site.
Provided by BenevolentEmpress
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Squash Summer Squash
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Place a large, heavy bottomed pot over medium heat. Stir in the cumin, ginger, cloves, cayenne, cardamom, coriander, and allspice; gently toast until fragrant, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in oil and onion, cook until softened. Stir in the bell pepper, and zucchini; cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the raisins, salt, zest, and garbanzos.
- Pour in the chicken broth and orange juice; turn heat to high and bring to a boil. When the mixture is boiling, stir in the couscous and remove from heat; cover, and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork, and fold in chopped mint.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 245.6 calories, Carbohydrate 48.1 g, Fat 2.6 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 8.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 263.3 mg, Sugar 9.6 g
MOROCCAN LAMB KEBABS WITH GOLDEN COUSCOUS
Provided by Bruce Aidells
Categories Lamb Backyard BBQ Dinner Apricot Summer Grill Grill/Barbecue Couscous Bon Appétit Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Whisk first 9 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Transfer 1/2 cup marinade to small bowl; cover, chill, and reserve as basting sauce. Add lamb to remaining marinade in medium bowl; toss to coat. Marinate 2 hours at room temperature or cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Remove lamb from marinade. Thread lamb cubes onto 8 skewers, dividing equally. Thread apricots and onion chunks alternately on remaining 8 skewers. Brush all skewers with some of reserved 1/2 cup marinade. Sprinkle onion-apricot skewers with salt and pepper. Grill onion-apricot skewers until onions soften and begin to brown, occasionally turning and basting with marinade and moving skewers to cooler part of barbecue if necessary to keep apricots from burning, about 10 minutes. Grill lamb to desired doneness, turning occasionally, about 8 minutes for medium-rare.
- Mound Golden Couscous on platter. Top with skewers and serve.
ROAD TO MOROCCO LAMB WITH PINE NUT COUSCOUS
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Place lamb in a food storage bag. Combine the 7 spices in a small bowl. Sprinkle into the bag and seal bag. Shake and evenly coat the lamb pieces in the spices.
- Heat a large, deep skillet over medium-high to high heat. Add 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 3 turns of the pan, then the lamb. Sear the lamb and caramelize the meat all over, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the onions and garlic and cook 5 minutes more. Add the dates and 2 cups of chicken stock to the pan and cover. Cook 7 to 8 minutes more to plump the dates and soften the onions. Remove cover and adjust seasonings.
- During the last 5 minutes the lamb has to cook, melt butter and toast pine nuts. Add 2 cups stock and bring to a boil. Remove pan from heat, add couscous and cover pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Remove lid and fluff with fork.
- Serve lamb over couscous in shallow dishes and garnish with chopped scallions.
MOROCCAN LAMB AND COUSCOUS
Tender lamb steaks coated in Moroccan seasoning served with roasted vegetables, fluffy couscous and a tangy yoghurt dressing.
Provided by Grace Bowen
Categories Dinners
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 200°C fan bake.
- Slice the lamb into strips. Add to a bowl with the spice mix and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Mix together and set aside to marinate.
- Chop the kumara, red onion and zucchini. Place on a tray and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, season with salt and pepper and bake for 15 minutes. Turn the oven to grill and move the tray to the top of the oven. Cook for an extra 5-10 minutes until golden.
- Couscous: In a large saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and fry the garlic, almonds, apricots and capsicum for a few minutes until the almonds are toasted.
- Mix the stock cubes with boiling water and add to the saucepan, pour in the couscous and stir. Remove from the heat and seal with the lid. After 5 minutes fluff up the couscous with a fork.
- Dressing: Mix together the greek yoghurt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of chopped mint and season to taste.
- Lamb: Cook lamb in a hot frying pan for a few minutes on each side until medium rare, then set aside to rest.
- To serve: In a large bowl mix the couscous, roasted vegetables, parsley, remaining mint and 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
- Slice the lamb and serve over the couscous with a drizzle of yoghurt dressing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 812 calories, Carbohydrate 59 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 138 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 43 grams fat, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 47 grams protein, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 159 milligrams sodium, Sugar 9 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 28 grams unsaturated fat
MOROCCAN LAMB WITH TOMATO & COUSCOUS
Tender lamb fillets coated with Moroccan spice, panfried and served with a tomato vegetable sauce on a bed of couscous. Adapted from a recipe from the Simply Great Meals Recipe Club website.
Provided by bluemoon downunder
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Sprinkle the lamb with Moroccan spice. Heat the oil in a pan, add the lamb fillets and cook until the lamb is cooked as desired. Remove the lamb to a warm serving plate.
- Add the onion, garlic, red pepper and carrot to the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and juice, and the Baby Peas, stirring to combine. Cover and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes.
- Spoon the sauce onto the prepared couscous. Cut the lamb into slices and serve on top of the sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 580.5, Fat 47.1, SaturatedFat 18.7, Cholesterol 111, Sodium 101.9, Carbohydrate 12.3, Fiber 3.1, Sugar 6.3, Protein 26.7
MOROCCAN BRAISED LAMB WITH COUSCOUS
For Claude Lelouch and other French Jews from North Africa, couscous (a term that refers both to the stew and to the grain) is comfort food. When Suzon Meymy started cooking as a young bride living in Paris, her native Morocco seemed terribly far away, so she wrote to her mother, asking for recipes. "My mother was so unhappy that I was in France, so she sent me cooked chicken and flans. What she didn't know was that they didn't travel well, so we couldn't eat them when they arrived." When Suzon cooks lamb couscous today, in her small apartment in a Paris suburb, she uses her mother's techniques. "My mother, who was the couscous-maker of Mogador, spent all her time in the kitchen," she told me. "I watched her and my sisters cook for every festival in our town. They were exhausted from so much cooking. I saw them falling apart with fatigue." Suzon, a very good cook, takes the time to make this lamb stew only when her whole family is present. What I like about this amazing recipe for couscous is that the vegetables are not overcooked. Serve the lamb with couscous (see page 270) and a delicious Moroccan squash dish (see page 302)
Yield at least 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- The day before serving, season the meat heavily with salt and pepper, and sear it in a frying pan with one tablespoon of the oil. Then preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Put the meat in a pot, add a little water, and braise, covered, for about 2 hours, or until tender. Set aside to cool, and then refrigerate overnight.
- Also the day before serving, heat the remaining oil in another pot, and sauté the leek and the onions. When the onions are translucent, add the turnips, carrots, ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, ras el hanout, salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, and garlic. Cover the vegetables and spices with water, and simmer, covered, until the carrots are tender.
- The next day, cut the lamb into 2-inch chunks, and put it in the pot with the vegetables. Add the zucchini. Simmer slowly until the zucchini is just cooked but still bright green. Adjust seasonings, and stir in the harissa sauce. (I also serve more at the table, so that people can adjust the heat to their taste.)
- Stir together the harissa, couscous broth, salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, cinnamon, and Spanish pepper in a small bowl. Serve with the couscous.
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use high-quality lamb meat. Look for lamb that is fresh, not frozen, and has a nice red color.
- If you don't have a tagine, you can use a large Dutch oven or braising pan.
- Be sure to brown the lamb well before adding the other ingredients. This will help to develop the flavor of the dish.
- Add the vegetables to the pot in stages, starting with the harder vegetables like carrots and turnips. This will ensure that all of the vegetables are cooked evenly.
- Season the dish to taste with salt, pepper, and other spices. You can also add a bit of honey or dried fruit for a touch of sweetness.
- Serve the lamb with couscous, rice, or flatbread.
Conclusion:
Moroccan lamb with couscous is a delicious and flavorful dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The lamb is slow-cooked until it is fall-off-the-bone tender, and the vegetables are cooked to perfection. The couscous is a light and fluffy accompaniment that soaks up all of the delicious sauce. This dish is sure to impress your guests!
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