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- Cuisine: French
- Prep Time: 45 min(s)
- Cook Time: 2 hr(s)
- Serves 8
Couscous royal is a North African dish made of semolina and is traditionally served with various meats and vegetables. Chef Pierre Khodja was born in Algeria and grew up in Marseille. He is renowned for his Mediterranean and North African food, and is currently the executive chef at The Flinders Hotel in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Ingredients
Ras el-hanout
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Onion jam
4 white onions, sliced
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup honey
2 tbsp oil
1kg lamb shoulder, cubed
6 chicken drumsticks
1 onion, finely diced
4 garlic cloves, crushed
6 merguez lamb sausages (Moroccan lamb sausage)
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
6 carrots, diced 1 inch
4 turnips, diced 1 inch
500g meatballs
500g garbanzo beans
3 zucchinis, diced 1 inch
Italian parsley, chopped
2 cups couscous, cooked according to package directions
Preparation
To make the onion jam, sauté the onions on a low heat for 20 minutes until caramelised, add raisins and honey, season with salt.
To make the ras el-hanout mix, combine all of the spices together.
Heat oil and brown the lamb cubes, remove from pan. In the same pan, brown the chicken drumsticks and remove.
Sauté the onion and garlic and add ras el-hanout spice mix, stirring for 2 minutes.
Add the lamb and tomato paste and cover with water. Season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Reduce to a low heat and simmer for 60 minutes.
Add carrots and turnips and cook for another 30 minutes.
Add the chicken, meatballs, garbanzo beans, zucchinis and parsley and cook for another 30 minutes.
Serve the stew with a side of couscous and onion jam.
If you enjoyed this Royal couscous recipe then browse more French recipes, stew recipes, meat recipes, entertaining recipes, nut-free recipes, egg-free recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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