Fahd: Beef Tajine with Prunes and Almonds

Ingredients for 4 people:

1 kg good quality beef

1 onion

1 clove garlic

1 pinch saffron

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon salt

½ glass extra virgin olive oil

1 glass water

2 cinammon sticks

250g unpitted prunes

200g almonds

1 bunch parsley

 

Method

Cut the beef into pieces and place in the tajine, add salt, oil, the spices, the chopped oinion, chopped parsley and the garlic, mix well and leave to marinate.

Add the water, cover with the lid and cook over a medium heat for 30 minutes.

Toast the previously peeled and blanched almonds in a frying pan.

Transfer two ladles of sauce from the tajine to a saucepan and use it to cook the prunes and almonds. When they are almost ready, add 3 teaspoons of sugar and the cinnamon; leave to simmer for about 3 minutes.

Finally transfer the prunes and almonds to the tajine and continue cooking the meat over a low heat until tender.