North African chicken with honey and saffron recipe

Ingredients

• 1.75kg free-range chicken, jointed into 8 pieces (https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/stories/how-to-joint-a-chicken/Find out how to joint a chicken here)
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 5cm fresh ginger, finely grated
• 2 x 5cm cinnamon stick pieces
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 800g skinned and chopped tomatoes, fresh or tinned
• 1 tsp harissa paste, rose if you can get it (we like Belazu)
• 300ml chicken stock (see Debbie’s tip)
• ½ tsp saffron strands
• 2 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp orange blossom water (see tip – we like Nielsen-Massey)
• For the lemon and mint couscous
• 25g salted butter, plus 25g melted
• 100g slivered or flaked almonds
• 3 tbsp white sesame seeds
• 250g organic wholewheat couscous or barley couscous (we like Belazu)
• ½ tsp salt
• 2-3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• Finely grated zest of 1 small lemon and 1-2 tbsp juice
• 4 small preserved lemons, pulp discarded, skin finely chopped
• Small bunch of fresh coriander, coarsely chopped
• Small bunch of fresh mint, leaves finely chopped