Recipe #14: Beef Tagine

By Jamie Oliver:

• 600g stewing beef
• olive oil
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• a small bunch of fresh coriander
• 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas, drained
• 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
• 800ml vegetable stock, preferably organic
• 1 small squash (approximately 800g), deseeded and cut into 5cm chunks
• 100g prunes, stoned and roughly torn

• 2 tablespoons flaked almonds, toasted

For the spice rub
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 level tablespoon ras el hanout spice mix*
• 1 level tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 level tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 level tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 level tablespoon sweet paprika

By Andrew Fernandez:
Spicy? Yes. Great stewing dish. Ingredients? Hmm No, McCormick does not have "ras el hanout" spice mix. Who would have thought? I had to google and wikipedia that sucker up to find out his little secret spice mix. Needless to say, it varied from one person to the next. What, you might ask is "ras el hanout"? "top of the shop" in English. Yeah! I think there is a patent on this mixture and nobody is telling the truth. Like all the fake handbags in the world, I came up with my on version!