Family meals: Easy lamb tagine

Name: Family meals: Easy lamb tagine
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern, Moroccan
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion finely diced; 2 carrots finely diced (about 150g); 500g diced leg of lamb; 2 fat cloves garlic crushed; ½ tsp cumin; ½ tsp ground ginger; ¼ tsp saffron strands; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tbsp clear honey; 100g soft dried apricot quartered; 1 low-salt vegetable stock cube; 1 small butternut squash peeled, seeds removed and cut into 1cm dice; steamed couscous or rice, to serve; chopped parsley and toasted pine nuts, to serve (optional)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:2h 10min

Sweet juicy apricots and tender butternut squash are a winner with kids and make for a delicious Middle Eastern family meal for toddlers through to teens and beyond

Updated at: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:10:57 GMT