Butternut Squash Tagine
Butternut Squash Tagine

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Butternut Squash Tagine is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Butternut Squash Tagine is something which I have loved my entire life.

For the butternut squash tagine, heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. By Caroline Hire - Food writer. Make this tasty vegetarian tagine that kids will love as much as grown-ups. It's a great way to serve.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butternut squash tagine using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Butternut Squash Tagine:
  1. Get 1 tbsp. olive oil or fry light spray
  2. Make ready 1 medium sized butternut squash, chopped into small 1cm cubes
  3. Get 4 Cloves garlic, bashed and roughly chopped up
  4. Prepare 1 Red onion finely sliced
  5. Get 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  6. Take 1 tsp ground ginger
  7. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
  8. Prepare 1 tsp ground coriander
  9. Get 1 tsp ground cumin
  10. Take 1 carton passata 500grams
  11. Prepare 3 preserved lemons, pips taken out and roughly chopped up
  12. Get 200 grams halloumi cut into cubes
  13. Prepare 150 ml stock (vegetable or chicken)
  14. Make ready 1 tbsp. clear runny honey
  15. Prepare 12 olives
  16. Get to taste Salt and Pepper
  17. Take Fresh coriander as a garnish
  18. Prepare Yogurt – optional

Hello Health Seekers, Yes, I know, I am cheating - my dish is not cooked in the traditional tagine dish or in the oven for that matter, and I only say it's. The word tagine describes both the clay pot traditionally used to cook the dish and the dish itself. Butternut squash wedges steam on top as the chicken cooks, then get stirred in at the end. This one is just for serving, but the tagine (confusing as it is the name for both the vessel and the recipe) comes together easily on the stovetop with no fancy equipment.

Instructions to make Butternut Squash Tagine:
  1. On the hob! - Slice in half and remove the seeds from the butternut squash, peel, and chop it. USE a STRONG sharp knife.
  3. Chop up the onion and garlic.
  4. Prepare the spices and lemon.
  5. With a saucepan or tagine heat it up on the hob to a medium heat. Drizzle or spray the oil and add then throw in the onion and garlic, let it slowly soften for 4 – 5 minutes stirring regularly.
  6. Next add the spices for a minute or two to heat through, then the lemon. Add the butternut squash stirring well to coat all the cubes with the spices. Splash in the tomato passata, stir….. and the honey and salt and pepper.
  8. Pour in the stock cube, now let the sauce do its things, bring it down to a gentle simmer. Stir occasionally to make sure its not burning on the bottom.
  9. Check the butternut squash with a fork or knife after 20 minutes to see if its soft all the way through but not mushy. It may need another 10 minutes or so. At the end stir in the halloumi and olives to heat through.
  10. Serve with couscous, and flat breads! delicious!

Butternut squash wedges steam on top as the chicken cooks, then get stirred in at the end. This one is just for serving, but the tagine (confusing as it is the name for both the vessel and the recipe) comes together easily on the stovetop with no fancy equipment. A tagine is a North African dish, traditionally cooked in a heavy clay pot. Tagines are slow cooked Preparing the butternut squash is the most consuming part of this recipe. I like to get it out the way.

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