Chicken and Dried Plum Tagine

Ingredients:

1 pound diced chicken (or lamb), trimmed of most of its fat

1 large onion, peeled and sliced

1 teaspoon white pepper

4 teaspoon La Kama Tagine spice

1 pinch saffron

1 pinch salt

1 preserved lemon

12 dried plums (you could also use apricots or 3/4 Cup of raisins)

4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup whole blanched almonds, lightly toasted for serving

chopped coriander, for serving

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 300F. Place meat in a tagine. (You may wish to brown it in olive oil in a skillet first and transfer the browned meat to the tagine.) Add the rest of the ingredients and put on the lid. Place tagine on the lowest rung in the oven for

2 1/2 to 3 hours.

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