SLOW COOKED Beef, Sweet Potato & Date Tagine

Serves: 4

Preperation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 8 hours

GLUTEN FREE

This recipe is delicious and soooo easy to make. For this tagine, everything is literally just thrown into the slow cooker and time does the rest, making this an ideal dish to put together before you head out of the door in the morning.

Ingredients

• 750g blade steak

• 2 teaspoons ground cumin

• 2 teaspoons sweet paprika

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1 tablespoon cornflour

• 2 red onions, sliced

• 1 small sweet potato, peeled and cut into thick rounds

• 12 medjool dates

• 2x 400g cans diced tomatoes, drained

• 2 tablespoons maple syrup

• Small handful coriander leaves

• Small handful mint leaves

Method

1. Heat your slow cooker to Low.

2. Trim off all the fat from the beef and discard. Cut the beef into large bite sized pieces and put into slow cooker bowl. Add the cumin, paprika, ginger, corn flour and a generous seasoning of salt and pepper. Toss to coat the beef. Cover the beef with the onions, followed by the sweet potato and dates.

3. In a separate bowl, combine the tomatoes and maple syrup, then tip into the slow cooker and stir all together. Cover and cook for 8 hours on low, or 4 to 6hrs on high, until everything is tender and aromatic.

4. Stir gently then transfer to bowls and scatter with the herbs. Goes well with mashed potato or tasty on its own.