Sunday, November 26, 2006

GROUP 4: Chicken and Apricot Tagine from Morocco +
Potato Latkes from Israel

Kenny and Jose cooking with the Tagine pot.


The Tagine pot can be used stovetop or oven.
A tagine or tajine is a Moroccan dish as well as a special pot
for preparing this dish. The traditional tajine pot is formed
entirely of a heavy clay which is sometimes painted or glazed.

It consists of two parts; a bottom which is flat and circular with
low sides, and a large cone or dome shaped cover that rests inside
of the bottom during cooking. The cover is so designed to promote
the return of all condensate to the bottom.

With the cover removed, the bottom is open and shallow for easy serving at the table. Tajines dishes are slow cooked at low temperatures, resulting in tender, falling-off-the-bone meat with aromatic vegetables and sauce.



This was MMM! (Chicken and Apricot Tagine from Morocco)

Potato Latkes from Israel (potato pancakes)

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