Not-sweet Winter Squash recipes requested
My OH and I love this Moroccan recipe, it's especially good on a cold winter day:
Vegetable tagine:
Equal quantities of squash, potatoes, carrots, zucchini, chick peas from a can.
1 can plum tomatoes.
1 large onion
garlic to taste
Moroccan mixed spices: 1/2tsp coriander seeds
3/4 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili flakes or powder
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp hot paprika
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
Cut the winter vegetables into 1 1/2 inch cubes, put in a baking tray, potatoes and carrots first, then after a bit the other fresh vegetables. Drizzle some good quality olive oil over, and bake until half cooked, adding the zucchini and squash halfway through. In a separate pan, soften the onion and garlic, add the spices and tomatoes, and the chickpeas, and then the vegetables Salt to taste.. Cook through, topping up the sauce if necessary. Serve over the cooked couscous - follow the cooking instructions on the packet - and arab bread on the side.
You could also serve a Moroccan orange and lettuce salad:
Crisp lettuce
1 orange, peeled, segments separated and cut into three
1/2 cucumber, peeled and cubed
almond flakes
sprinkling of cinnamon
Orange flower water
Orange juice
olive oil
pinch of salt
Make up the salad in the usual way, topping it with the flaked almonds and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Mix the orange juice, orange flower water and olive oil and a little salt.
I love this salad with kebabs also.
di reston
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