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Moqueca - Brazilian Fish Stew
Serving
Makes enough for 4 portions
Ingredients
- 500 - 700g of fresh fish (Thicker cuts are best, any white fish is good, can also use salmon, shellfish, prawns as desired)
- 2 Limes
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 Onion
- 2 Medium sized carrots
Method
- Fillet the lamb leg, cut into large chunks
- Peel shallots
- Mince / chop / crush (your choice) the garlic
- Stone the dates
- Place lamb into a bowl, and mix with ginger, saffron, coriander and half the olive oil
- Ideally, marinade for 24 hours. It still works if you don't…
- Heat remaining oil in a heavy based pan
- Cook the lamb chunks until browned. Do this in batches as required
- Remove the lamb from the pan and set aside
- Fry the shallots in the same pan until lightly golden
- Add the garlic
- Add the lamb back in
- Stir in the flour
- Add the tomato puree
- Add the cinnamon stick
- Stir in the stock and bring it all to the boil
- Simmer on the hob / place in a low (140c) oven / cook in a slow cooker for a couple of hours
- Ensure lamb is tender before proceeding
- Cook rice / couscous etc to serve with the tagine
- Chop the parsley
- 5 minutes before serving, remove tagine from heat
- Add the dates, parsley and honey to the tagine and stir in
- Serve with a nice red wine

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