Name: Beef Tajine
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 185 min
Total time: 190 min
Ingredients: 3 pounds lean lamb (beef or bison chunks, 2×2 inch squares); 6 cups water; 2 large onions (sliced very thin); Pinch saffron; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 2 tablespoons dry thyme or oregano; ¼ cup fresh lemon juice; Freshly ground pepper to taste

Beef Tajine

This Beef Tajine recipe is to die for! If you’ve never cooked in a tajine, this is the recipe you should try first. It is luscious and wonderfully savory.

Beef Tajine

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 3 5

Total Time 3 10

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Ingredients

3 pounds lean lamb beef or bison chunks, 2×2 inch squares
6 cups water
2 large onions sliced very thin
Pinch saffron
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 tablespoons dry thyme or oregano
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Instructions

Cook the beef chunks in the water at medium flame, covered, for 2 hours.
Add the onions, saffron, and turmeric and cook covered on a medium flame for 1 hour.
Uncover, add the thyme, lemon juice and pepper and cook 2 to 3 more minutes.
Transfer the meat with a slotted spoon onto a platter.
Check the liquid in the pot: If it is too thin, reduce on a high flame for a few minutes until thickened, and pour over the meat.
Recipe published in JOY of KOSHER with Jamie Geller magazine. Fall 2012. Subscribe Now.