Moroccan Style Brisket

Frankly I don’t think they necessarily have brisket in Morocco. Never been. and Moroccan-style is probably a stretch too but I had to call it something. Ah well. It was quite yummy and I got asked for recipe. Ingredients hmmm…let’s see.

• about 2 pound brisket
• one large red onion, sliced thin
• 3 carrots, cleaned & chopped
• 2 parsnips, cleaned & chopped
• 2 TBL tomato paste
• 1 TBL Tukas hot pepper paste
• 1 tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 can chickpeas (drained and rinsed)
• 2-3 cups beef broth
• couple handfuls of prunes cut in half
• olive oil
• salt & pepper
• slivered almonds

Now… what did I do?

I turned my oven on low (300 degrees).

I got a good sized Dutch oven (3 1/2 quart I think) and added a generous amount of olive oil over medium-high heat. I added the red onions and cooked them for about 6-7 minutes until they were quite soft. I added the spices and tomato paste and Tukas hot pepper paste and cooked it for about a minute. Then I threw in the brisket, followed by all the other ingredients (except for slivered almonds) and covered the dutch oven and put it in oven for about 3 hours.

The house smelled wonderful at the end. I heated a bit more olive oil in a non-stick pan and threw in the slivered almonds with some sea salt. Toasted them for a couple minutes.

Slice the brisket. Cover it with a bit of the veggies and delicious broth, sprinkle with slivered almonds. There ya go.