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4.50 from 2 votes

Beef Lavin

A delicious north african/middle eastern inspired stew
Course Main Course
Cuisine Middle Eastern, North african
Keyword beef, stew, tagine
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 1 onion (red or white)
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 lb stewing steak (500g, chopped into 1 inch pieces)
  • 2 small potatoes
  • 2 carrots
  • 6 sun dried tomatoes
  • 8 cherry tomatoes
  • thumb ginger
  • 10 prunes
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp ras el hanout
  • 1 tbsp rose harissa paste
  • splash hot sauce
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 500 ml water
  • 1 beef stock cube

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 150 degrees. Blend together the spices, harissa paste, hot sauce, cherry tomatoes, garlic cloves, ginger and 1 tbsp olive oil. Chop up your beef into 1-2 inch chunks, then coat with the spice mixture. Set aside.
  • Prepare the vegetables. Dice your onion and chop the carrots and potatoes into bite-sized pieces.
  • Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Once hot, add the cumin seeds, stirring to make sure they don't burn. After about 30 seconds, add the diced onions and cook until brown, around 5-10 minutes.
  • Next, add the beef, and then the carrots, potatoes, prunes and sun-dried tomatoes. Stir to combine.
  • Transfer to an oven-safe dish that has a lid, add in around 500ml water and crumble in your stock cube. Stir together again, then add a lid and place in the oven for 2 hours.
  • At 90 minutes, check on the dish, stir, and add a little more water if it is looking dry. Once cooked for 2 hours, serve with couscous and bread for dipping.