Pork Tagine
A non-traditional tagine
LOW
Energy Density
1kcal/g
1kcal/g
MED
Fat
23g / serving
23g / serving
LOW
Saturates
4.5g / serving
4.5g / serving
LOW
Sugars
19g / serving
19g / serving
MED
Salt
2.9g / serving
2.9g / serving
MED
Fibre
7.2g / serving
7.2g / serving
Suitable for:Pregnancy
I love tagines, and I felt it was high time to try making one with pork - a variation not found traditionally
Preparation
- Cut the pork into 2-3cm cubes
- Cut the memon into 8 and remove the skin and pith. This is easier with preserved lemon
- Purée the tinned tomato
- Finely dice the onion
- Heat 1tbsp oil and gently sauté the onions for approx 10 minutes
- Set the onions aside
- Heat the remaining oil and fry the garlic-ginger paste for around 1 min on medium heat
- Reduce heat to low and add the ras-el-hanout and stir well for 1 min
- Season the pork with salt and pepper and add and stir well to coat in oil and spice mix
- Add the harissa and re-add the onions and stir in
- Add the chicken stock, mint, apricots, prunes, and olives
- Cook on low heat for around 1 hour until the pork is tender
Notes
- I find that leaving the lemon pith in, even with preserved lemons, makes the dish far too bitter
- I also prefer to use a large pan or wok (with lid), rather than a proper tagine or dutch oven.
Ingredients
- 800g pork
- 1 large onion
- 3tbsp oil
- 2tbsp garlic-ginger paste
- 2tbsp ras el hanout
- 500ml chicken stock
- 3tbsp harissa paste
- 1 tin tomatoes
- Pinch salt
- Pinch black pepper
- 30g fresh mint
- 50d dried apricots
- 75g prunes
- 50g olives
- 1 lemon
Equipment
Nutritional Facts
- Serving size: 580.5g
- (23% / 29%) Calories: 574kcal
- (42%)Total fat: 23g
- (23%) Saturated fat: 4.5g
- (45%) Unsaturated fat: 15.9g
- Mono: 13g
- Poly: 2.9g
- (41%) Cholesterol: 124mg
- Trans Fat: 0g
- (14%)Total carbohydrates: 42g
- Starch: 0g
- (63%) Sugars: 19g
- Sucrose: 1.9g
- Glucose: 5.5g
- Maltose: 0g
- Lactose: 0g
- Fructose: 2.7g
- Galactose: 0g
- (29%) Fibre: 7.2g
- (102%)Protein: 51g
- Salts
- (57%) Sodium: 1.1g
- (48%) Potassium: 1.7g
- Minerals
- Calcium: 11%
- Iron: 54%
- Zinc: 46%
- Magnesium: 30%
- Phosphorus: 83%
- Copper: 44%
- Manganese: 8%
- Selenium: 580%
- Fluoride: 0%
- Cryptoxanthin: 87mg
- Lycopene: 29%
- Lutein: 0.4g
- Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 105µg
- Thiamin (B1): 117%
- Riboflavin (B2): 92%
- Niacin (B3): 153%
- Vitamin B5: 40%
- Vitamin B6: 131%
- Folate (B9): 9%
- Vitamin B12: 71%
- Choline: 41%
- Vitamin C: 68%
- Vitamin D: 0%
- Vitamin E: 27%
- Vitamin K: 25%
- Arginine: 2.9g
- Aspartic Acid: 4.3g
- Glutamate: 6.9g
- Glycine: 2.1g
- Proline: 1.9g
- Serine: 1.9g
- Tyrosine: 1.8g
- Alanine: 2.6g
- Cystine: 0.5g
- Amino Acids
- Histidine: 1.8g
- Isoleucine: 2.2g
- Leucine: 3.8g
- Methionine: 1.2g
- Phenylalanine: 1.9g
- Threonine: 2g
- Tryptophan: 0.5g
- Valine: 2.3g
- Lysine: 4g
- Betaine: 10mg
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