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Just received a new cookbook called 150 Best Tagine Recipes
looks like a great cookbook - has receipes for spice blends and side dishes
I received a Tagine for my Birthday present back in Dec. and now that I am
retired I can try it. Any helpful hints?
Marye
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How exciting, Marye! Sorry, I don't have any experience at all using a tagine, but have long wanted one. Hope you will share what you learn though.
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How exciting, Marye! Sorry, I don't have any experience at all using a tagine, but have long wanted one. Hope you will share what you learn though.
What she said! Have a ball with it. I'd love to get one one of these days - but space is so tight . . . .
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I got one a while back (2 years?) and the first thing I made in it, a chix dish of some sort ran all over my stove. I had such a mess, I put it on the shelf and haven't gone back to it.
C'mon Marye do something successful with it and let me know and I'll try again....
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Marye, what kind of tagine did you get? Is it clay and did you have to do anything special to season it? Can't wait to hear what you make....
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My Tagine is a Barro - 13 In. Terra GLZ
It Says Can use directly on flame and Electri Top , Microwave and Oven Safe
Says Before first use - submerge Piece in Water During 12 hours and dry Completely.
I believe there is more info on this Dish - Have to Look now. !
Marye
Plan to make a Chicken and Preserved Lemons and Olives and Couscous
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Marye that just sounds so good.
D@mn I want a tagine! Oh well no room!
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- Follow the instructions for soaking.
- If there are instructions for oil-curing it, follow those, too.
- Use a heat diffuser, just in case.
- Put the ingredients into the tagine starting with the most dense (e.g. carrots) and wind up with the meat on top of the bed of vegetables.
- Do NOT say, "There doesn't look like much liquid in here, I'd better add more that the recipe specifies," since the cooking process will generate a fair amount.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?
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Thanks Labradors
I was going to look for a heat diffuser today or order one from the internet
Thanks for other info too. - Have had my Lemons brining for several weeks now.
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Marye,
You may actually find the diffusers in the "cooking-gadget" aisle of a supermarket. That's where I was able to find them here.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?