Christine Animal Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 We had the curry thread and I just saw these Tajine (pottery cooking dish with a lid from North Africa) recipes on the Orange page, delicious too. [:)]Tajines Here's a tajine http://www.flickr.com/photos/kali-ma/122747687/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecurie Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Hi ChristineDon't be tempted to use one of the pretty dishes to cook the tajine in. Most of the decorated ones are serving dishes only. They will shatter if you use them on the hob or in the oven. Only ones that state that they are safe for the oven can have the tajine cooked in them and then ONLY in an oven. BTW, do you know that you have to put water into the little hollow on the top of the lid; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yes.........Gi-Fi were selling a range of the pretty ones in various sizes I noticed were popular and I wonder how many people found that they were no good to cook with .....the rough looking ones from the big supermarket chains are the cooking ones ...we had to leave ours in a bucket of water for 24 hours before we first used it .......The thick beef ribs that come from Super U ..usually two tied together with string in a pack .....they cook up well in a tagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yes, a lot of them are just for decoration. We've got a couple of the brown ones, like the photo in the link above, which we brought back with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normandie Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hi ChristineYou reminded me ... Nigella Express (I don't usually watch her programmes) was very good last week ...She had what looked like a great tagine recipe (but only served (didn't cook it) in the tagine) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/lamboliveandcarameli_87563.shtmland her ribs/chicken recipe looked good too. I'm a veg myself but I know my OH would have like the above esp as you can prepare it in advance, hence the 'express' recipe.Bon appetit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 [quote user="Normandie"]You reminded me ... Nigella Express (I don't usually watch her programmes) was very good last week ...[/quote]I don't usually watch the food - and sadly have never seen her ribs either.John [:(]definitely not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 We spent some time in Morocco a few years ago and my wife took this pic of one of the many guys cooking with tajines at the side of the road. We noticed that in the mornings workerswould give a little package of meat+other stuff to cook for their lunch break. In think that cooking with tajines in an oven dosen't exist over there. They either cook on top of a charcoal fire or (and this is the method we use here) on a gas flame but with an aluminium 'plaque' to protect the 'pot'. I do't wr ever witnessed anybody put water in the little hollow on the top. It's just a handle to pick it up with.[IMG]http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/sheeponabike/TAGINES.jpg[/IMG](sorry if his is a bit garbled, i'm pissed ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 (sorry if his is a bit garbled, i'm *** )Can I have some of what you've had???[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Thanks for that photo Raindog, great ! There might be something in that thing of putting water in the hollow, the "knob" is hollow, like in some cast iron casserole lids. http://www.flickr.com/photos/musaeum/384118908/ Normandie, you can do tajines without meat, I think there's a vegetable one in the first link, and here's an artichoke one.http://www.jeunesdumaroc.com/article974.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 [quote user="Rob Roy"](sorry if his is a bit garbled, i'm *** )Can I have some of what you've had???[:P][/quote]No problemWine, eau de vie,and Picon Bière to follow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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