Name: Moroccan braised lamb neck
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 190 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50 ml olive oil; 1.2 kg lamb neck, cut into 2cm-thick chops; 1 onion, coarsely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 5 celery stalks, coarsely chopped; 1 tbsp each ground cumin and ground coriander; 1 tsp ground fennel; ½ tsp smoked paprika; 120 gm green olives; ½ preserved lemon, rinsed, flesh discarded, rind coarsely chopped; 1 cup coriander leaves (loosely packed); 400 gm couscous; 20 gm butter

Moroccan braised lamb neck

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Moroccan braised lamb neck.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

3H 10M

Ingredients

50 ml olive oil

1.2 kg lamb neck, cut into 2cm-thick chops

1 onion, coarsely chopped

3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

5 celery stalks, coarsely chopped

1 tbsp each ground cumin and ground coriander

1 tsp ground fennel

½ tsp smoked paprika

120 gm green olives

½ preserved lemon, rinsed, flesh discarded, rind coarsely chopped

1 cup coriander leaves (loosely packed)

400 gm couscous

20 gm butter

Method

Main

1.Preheat oven to 150C. Heat oil in a large casserole over high heat, add lamb neck in batches and sauté, turning occasionally, until golden (4-5 minutes each side). Remove from pan and set aside.

2.Add onion and garlic to pan, stir occasionally over low-medium heat until caramelised (10-12 minutes). Add celery, sauté until just beginning to soften (3-4 minutes), then add spices and stir until toasted and fragrant (1 minute). Return lamb neck to pan, add olives, preserved lemon and 500ml water, cover and cook in oven until meat falls from the bone (2½ hours). Stir through coriander just before serving.

3.Meanwhile, place couscous in a heatproof bowl, pour in 500ml boiling water, add butter, cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and stand for 10 minutes. Remove plastic wrap, season generously to taste, fluff couscous with a fork, transfer to serving platter, top with lamb and serve hot.