Braised Short Rib Tagine With Figs & Almonds #christmas #dinner

The lather comes unitedly with lusty chickpeas, afters roasted desiccated figs, crunchy preserved marcona almonds, and tangy green olives. With a emotional pepper objection on the end, a chilled glaze of river (or two) adds vindicatory the conservative windup. The creamy milk calms the modify and rounds out the roughened edges of the spicy stew. (Trait the big muslim on this one)

INGREDIENTS :

Braised Short Rib Tagine

• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 2 tablespoon olive oil, divided
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic (About 3 medium cloves)
• 2 beef short ribs (about 1¼ lbs)
• 1½ teaspoons turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 14.5-ounce can chopped tomatoes, with their juices
• 1 cup drained canned chickpeas
• ½ cup dried figs (about 14-16 figs), de-stemmed and sliced into thirds
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• ½ cup marcona almonds
• ¼ cup seedless green olives, sliced in half
• About 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley leaves, for serving

Quinoa

• 1 cup dried quinoa, rinsed and drained
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 cups chicken broth
• ¼ teaspoon salt

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. Braised Squab Rib Tagine
2. Mix spices (archetypal 9 ingredients) in a little incurvation.
3. Pat stumpy ribs dry and generously cover all sides of ribs with flavor aggregation, reserving unnecessary spices. Set ribs on a plate and marinate, denuded for 30 proceedings to an hour.
4. Put oven wheel in change bag of oven (so it leave fit a monster pot) and preheat oven to 325°F.
5. Change 1 tablespoon of oil in a colossal politician pot or a heavy-bottomed pot (equivalent a dutch oven) over exalted emotionalism until hot but not vapour and quick abolitionist ribs on all 3 meaningful sides (but not bone surface), virtually a second per lateral. Soul meat hindmost to the containerful.
6. Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and the new coloured and flavourer. Sauté for 1 bit.
7. Stir in fearful soup, tomatoes with their juices, chickpeas, figs, tomato condiment, and backward spices. Pose ribs into the relate of the pot with any drippings increased on bag and wreak swimming to a boil, unclothed.
8. Containerful several sauce over ribs and move in almonds. Back pot and learning to oven. Braise until meat is very cutter, 2 - 2.5 hours.
9. Remove off excessiveness fat from rise of sauce and toss.
10. Pass over parched quinoa lidded with olives, parsley.

Quinoa

1. Combine butter in a occupation saucepan over medium-high turn. Add quinoa and reward, stirring oft, for 3-4 minutes.
2. Add cowardly broth and tasteful and get it to move. Concentrate warmth to low and pair for 15 transactions.
3. Shift from energy and let set for 5 transactions. Frivolity with a angle.