Moroccan Beef Stew Tagine/tajine

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• black pepper
• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch squares
• 2 tablespoons oil (olive is best)
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, cut up
• 1 cup water
• 2 cinnamon sticks or 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 slices orange rind (4 inch)
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 4 carrots, cut inot 1 1/2 by 1/2 inch sticks (you may substitute sweet potato for the carrots)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans chickpeas, drained

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, salt and pepper.
• 2 coat the meat with the flour in a large bowl or large plastic bag.
• 3 in a large skillet or dutch oven brown the meat in very hot oil about 10 minutes or until browned.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 stir into the pan the undrained tomatoes, water, cinnamon sticks, orange peel, garlic, cumin and sugar.
• 6 simmer covered about 1 hour 15 minutes or until meat is almost tender.
• 7 add carrots (or sweet potato) and cook covered until tender (about 20 minutes).
• 8 add the chick peas and cook until heated through.
• 9 serve over couscous.