The word tagine refers not only to a popular dish in Moroccan cuisine, but also to the earthenware pot used to make it. The tagine pot is almost like a mini-oven in itself. A tagine is shaped almost like a vase. The bottom is round, much like a skillet. The top continues up, like a coned smokestack with a wide mouth. This keeps the right amount of heat inside. They are used to make what is essentially a meaty stew. Spiced meats (usually lamb, the meat of choice in Morocco) and plenty of vegetables (and sometimes fruit) are placed inside the tagine and very slowly cooked over a charcoal fire. Now, before you go running out to buy your tagine, find a Moroccan restaurant near you and see just how amazing tagine is.I made a Tangine lamb stew (not with the tangine of course, since i don't own one, but in my Mario dutch oven.) and it was friggin' awesome.
Paired with a spicy, fruity Zin and it was an incredible meal.
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