Sweet Moroccan Lamb Tagine Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 50 g blanched almonds
• 2 small onions or large shallots, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and very finely sliced
• 10 strands of saffron
• 2 1/2 cm piece ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tsp coriander seeds, crushed
• 1 cinnamon stick broken in half
• 450 g Scotch Lamb neck fillet sliced into 1 cm pieces
• 8 soft semi-dried apricots
• 8 dates, torn into halves
• 3-4 strips thinly pared orange rind
• 1-2 tbsp clear honey
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaf
• serve with buttery couscous