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Authentic Moroccan recipes,
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Tagines, couscous, harira, msemen and mint tea — explained step by step, with everyday ingredients.
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Recipe of the week
Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon and Olives
The classic Moroccan chicken tagine with preserved lemon, green olives, ginger and saffron. Easy, one-pot, and made in a regular pot or a tagine.
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New to Moroccan food?
Start here: 5 easy recipes for beginners
Cook these and you'll know the core techniques of Moroccan cooking — the grated-onion tagine sauce, harira, quick couscous, kefta and proper mint tea.
Quick Moroccan dinners (30 minutes or less)
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The Moroccan pantry
7 spices that make food taste Moroccan
- Cumin — earthy; essential in kefta, lentils and salads
- Sweet paprika — color and gentle sweetness
- Ground ginger — the backbone of almost every tagine
- Turmeric — golden color for sauces and soups
- Cinnamon — for sweet-savory tagines and pastilla
- Saffron — a few threads perfume a whole dish
- Ras el hanout — the famous "head of the shop" blend
Add preserved lemons, olives, fresh cilantro and parsley, and you can cook nearly every recipe on this site.