Slow cooked pork and apple tagine recipe

Not a real tagine, but something easy, tasty and vaguely tagine-ish to make in a slow cooker

Posted 2020-10-26

Time

Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 6-10 hours (inactive)

Ingredients

Feel free to modify a little - I was using what I had and making it up as I went along.

• 5 button mushrooms, diced (ideally would use more like 10, but limited space)
• 1 red pepper - large chunks
• 1-2 onions, diced
• 100g lentils
• 1kg pork shoulder, chopped into 5cm cubes
• A few handfuls of sugar snaps, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 medium sweet potato (Also works with potato)
• 2 large eating apples, chopped smallish
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 1 can chickpeas
• 50g raisins
• 2tbsp clear honey
• 4 tbsp olive/sunflower oil
• 1 tsp chilli powder/2 tsp chilli flakes
• 2 tsp groun d coriander / 1 tsp coriander paste
• 2 tsp paprika
• 750 ml beef stock (cube)
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp ground cumin
• 2 tbsp ground turmeric
• 0.5 tsp ground black pepper

Method

1. Shove everything in the slow cooker on low for 6-10 hours
2. Serve on top of couscous

Source

I never saved the source for this one, but it was a combination of a few from the internet.

Verdict

Sauce is thin but flavourful and soaks nicely into the couscous. Well spiced with some fruity sweetness.