Moroccan Flavored Pork Stew Food

MOROCCAN PORK STEW WITH CHICK PEAS AND DRIED CHERRIES

Steps:

• Mix the spices together and toss with the cubed pork.
• Add oil to skillet or tagine cooker and heat on medium high to brown. Saute the spice rubbed pork until they are lightly browned on all sides.
• Slow cooker option - Transfer pork and remaining ingredients, except for the black olives, to a slow cooker and set to high. Cook for 3-4 hours
• Electric tagine cooker option - Add If using an electric tagine cooker, add remaining ingredients. Set to simmer and cook for 3-4 hours.
• Oven or standard tagine pot option - Transfer pork and remaining ingredients to an oven safe dutch oven, to a tagine pot. Cook for about 3 hours at 325F.
• Serve with couscous or rice.

SLOW COOKER MOROCCAN PORK STEW

Steps:

• Add pork cubes, onion, and carrots to slow cooker.
• In a small bowl, mix together cumin, coriander, turmeric, paprika, salt, and cinnamon. Spinkle over pork and vegetables.
• Stir in chickpeas and chicken broth.
• Turn slow cooker on low and cook for 4-6 hours.
• Stir in cherries and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Serve with lemon slices.

MOROCCAN FLAVORED PORK STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In bag, combine flour and cumin. Add pork cubes, shake to coat.
• In 4 quart Dutch oven, add oil and heat on medium, sear 1/3 pork and 1/3 onion, remove to platter, repeat twice. Remove excess oil. Return all pork onion mixture to Dutch oven.
• Stir in rest. Bring mixture to low boil.
• Cover, roast for 80 minutes or until meat and vegetables are tender.
• Sprinkle each serving with cilantro or flat leaf parsley, and top with yogurt.

MOROCCAN STEW

Steps:

• Saute the onions and garlic in olive oil until onions are translucent.
• Add the thyme, potatoes, green beans, bell pepper, and tomatoes and cook on medium-high heat for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the vegetable stock and the artichoke brine and simmer, covered until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in the halved artichoke hearts, the black olives and a pinch of saffron.
• Continue to simmer for another 5-10 minutes.
• Add the lemon juice, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste.

MOROCCAN SPICED STEWED PORK BELLY IN A SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep cast iron skillet (or a cast iron dutch oven) over medium high heat. Cube the belly with skin on and salt the meat. Add meat to oil and brown on each side. Work in batches if your skillet is small - don't crowd the meat. Remove the meat from the skillet and set aside in a bowl.
• Add diced onions to the skillet and fry in the oil until they are beginning to brown (ie past translucent but not burnt). Add ginger and garlic and stir up and fry for one more minute.
• Add wine and stock and deglaze pan (scrape up the browned bits into the liquid). Add tomato, spices, safron, honey and salt. Taste for saltiness - do not undersalt. The liquid will not be flavorful or even tasty at this stage so only judge the salt. Add the yoghurt slowly and stir as you add (this prevents it from curdling). Reduce the liquid if it looks like a lot (if you reduce too much, no worries, you'll add back just the right amount of water in the next step).
• Pour the liquid from the skillet into your slow cooker. Add the meat with any juices from the bowl into your slow cooker. Add the quartered small onions and the dried mushrooms. Add water to almost cover the meat and stir the liquid. Cook on low setting for 9 hours. I do all the prep the night before and then refrigerate the uncooked food in the insert until I'm ready to place it in the base the next morning and turn it on. When I get home I have a gorgeous fragrant meal.
• Serve ladled over couscous and garnish with chopped fresh cilantro.