Cheat's Moroccan Beef Stew

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 750g cross-cut blade steaks
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 8-10 baby onions, peeled and halved
• ½ cup stuffed green olives
• 150-200g dried or glace figs, sliced ( or use prunes)
• 1 tablespoon Moroccan spice seasoning or similar
• 420g can condensed tomato soup
• ½ cup orange juice

Method

1. Brown the cross cut blade steaks in a dash of oil in a lidded, oven- proof casserole. Seta side.

2. Brown the cut side of the onions - it adds flavour. Return the meat to the pan with the carrots, olives, fisg, spice mis, tomato soup and orange juice and cover.

3. Bake in a 160°C oven for 1 hour or until the meat is tender. Serve with couscous or pasta.

Up-market or change me!

• Use a special spice mix like Berebere - delicious!
• Add 1 well-drained can chickpeas
• Add plenty of chopped fresh parsley when cooked
• Add a cinnamon stick
• Use lamb in place of beef
• Use apricots in place of figs or raisins

Slow cook me!

Brown the beef and put all the ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on low for about 8-9 hours.