Ingredients

• 4 firm white fish fillets e.g cod or haddock, cut into large chunks 

• 3 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil 

• 2 onions, finely sliced

• 4 garlic cloves, chopped

• ½  tsp turmeric,

• 2 tsp ground cumin

• 1 tsp ground coriander

• 3 tsp sweet paprika 

• 4 cinnamon sticks 

• 1 tin chopped tomatoes

• 1 x 400g tin chickpeas or haricot beans 

• 4 carrots, diced

• 8 organic dried apricots, chopped

• 1 preserved lemon, rind only chopped

• 12 green pitted olives

• 500ml fish, vegetable or chicken stock

• 300g raw peeled prawns or scallops

• Fresh coriander or parsley to serve 

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160C fan. 

  2. Heat the oil in a large casserole pan and sauté the onion and carrots gently for 5 minutes, until softened but not coloured. Add the garlic and cook a few more minutes. 

  3. Stir in the spices and cook for a further minute. Add the tomatoes, stock, chickpeas or beans, cinnamon, apricots, lemon and olives and fish and seafood. Bring to a simmer and then cook in the oven for one hour. 

  4. Serve with leafy greens. If you need some extra carbs serve with some quinoa.

Fish Tagine with Preserved Lemon