Moroccan Vegetable Couscous With Lamb Shanks

Name: Moroccan Vegetable Couscous With Lamb Shanks
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp black pepper; 59 milliliters butter; 227 grams butternut squash, peeled and cubed; 4 Tbsps canola oil; 454 grams carrot, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 fresh hot chili pepper; 6 servings fresh cilantro stem, and; 2 cinnamon sticks; 6 servings ghee (Recipe #55434) or aged clarified butter (Smen-see Recipe #232878) or butter; 946 milliliters couscous; 237 milliliters dried garbanzo beans, soaked and peeled (or you can use 2 cups canned); 1 teaspoons ginger; 4 lamb shanks; 0 teaspoons nutmeg; 3 onions, quartered; 1 sprig parsley tied together; 1 quinces, peeled, cored and cubed; 237 milliliters raisins; 1 pinch saffron; 6 servings salt, to taste; 6 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and quartered; 1 teaspoons turmeric; 454 grams turnip, quartered; 454 grams zucchini, quartered

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Moroccan Vegetable Couscous With Lamb Shanks a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 1090 calories, 53g of protein, and 26g of fat each. This recipe covers 55% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up canolan oil, chili pepper, turnip, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the raisins you could follow this main course with the Rice Pudding with Raisins and Cinnamon as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

In a saucepan cover chickpeas with water and cook, covered, until tender.

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Chickpeas

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain, cool and remove skins.In bottom of a Couscoussier (or double stock pot w/steamer), preheat 5 tablespoons of butter and oil over medium heat until hot.

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Butter

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Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add lamb, salt, spices, onions, herb sprigs and tomatoes; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.

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Lamb

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Add 3 quarts water and chickpeas; cover and simmer over low heat, 1 1/2 hours.

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Cut meat into chunks, discarding bones.

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Meat

Add carrots, turnips and quince to lamb broth and simmer 30 minutes.In a separate saucepan cover squash with broth from lamb stew and simmer until tender.To lamb broth add zucchini, chili pepper, and raisins.Top with colander containing couscous, cover and steam 20 minutes.Dot couscous with remaining butter during last 5 minutes of steaming.To serve, spoon couscous onto serving dish and toss with Ghee*, Smen** or butter.

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Chili Pepper