Name: Guinea fowl tagine
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 d
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 1 guinea fowl; a little olive oil; 2 carrots cut into chunks; 2 red onions cut into chunks; 6 dried prunes dates or figs; rind 1 preserved lemon cut into strips; 1 mint sprig, leaves chopped; harissa to serve; 1 large red onion roughly chopped; 1 large garlic clove; 1.5cm piece fresh root ginger roughly chopped; 100ml olive oil; 100ml lemon juice; ½ tsp Thai fish sauce; 1 heaped tsp honey; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground paprika; ½ tsp turmeric powder; ½ tsp hot chilli powder; 1 handful flat-leaf parsley; 1 handful coriander; 200g couscous; 1 tsp salt; 100g butter cubed; 1 small handful sultanas

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Guinea fowl tagine

Guinea fowl tagine

John Torode

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 30 mins

Plus marinating

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Ingredients

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1 guinea fowl
a little olive oil
2 carrots

cut into chunks
2 red onions

cut into chunks
6 dried prunes

dates or figs
rind 1 preserved lemon

cut into strips
1 mint

sprig, leaves chopped
harissa

to serve

For the chermoula

1 large red onion

roughly chopped
1 large garlic clove
1.5cm piece fresh root ginger

roughly chopped
100ml olive oil
100ml lemon juice
½ tsp Thai fish sauce
1 heaped tsp honey
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground paprika
½ tsp turmeric

powder
½ tsp hot chilli powder
1 handful flat-leaf parsley
1 handful coriander

For the couscous

200g couscous
1 tsp salt
100g butter

cubed
1 small handful sultanas

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal0
fat0g
saturates0g
carbs0g
sugars0g
fibre0g
protein0g
salt0g

low

Method

step 1

The day before cooking, put all the ingredients for the chermoula in a blender and process until smooth. Pour over the bird and marinate in the fridge overnight.
step 2

Next day, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/ gas 7. Scrape the chermoula marinade off the bird and set aside. Heat a little olive oil in a large frying pan and brown the bird on all sides over a high heat. Put the carrots, onions, fruit and reserved chermoula into the tagine and place the guinea fowl on top. Pour in about 400ml water – enough to come 1cm from the top of the tagine base. Cover and cook in the oven for about 45 mins, then turn the heat down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and cook for another 45 mins.
step 3

About 15 mins before serving, rinse the couscous in cold water and put in a shallow bowl. Season with salt and scatter with the butter and sultanas. Pour on 200ml boiling water. Cover and leave for 10 mins or until the grains are plump and tender. Open the tagine at the table and stir the preserved lemon and mint into the juices. Serve the couscous and harissa separately.

RECIPE TIPS

GUINEA FOWL

Guinea fowl has a flavour somewhere between chicken and pheasant and, although mostly farmed, is often regarded as a gentle introduction to more unusual poultry and game. Guinea fowl are smaller than chickens and have much less fat, so cooking it this way, slowly and in liquid, guarantees you a moist and tender result.

USE A DIFFERENT MEAT

You can use this recipe for whole chicken or lamb shanks, but increase the cooking time to 3 hours. For pigeons, reduce it to 1 hour. In each case, lower the temperature halfway through cooking time.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2009

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