Easy Moroccan Recipes

Easy Moroccan recipes consist of a very diverse cuisine, with many influences, due to the interaction of Morocco with the outside world for centuries. The cuisine of Morocco is a mix of Berber, Moorish, Mediterranean, and Arab influences. It sounds very exotic.

Characteristic flavoring ingredients in easy Moroccan recipes include lemon pickle, cold-pressed, unrefined olive oil and dried fruits. It is also known for being very spicy as opposed to Middle Eastern Cuisine.

Moroccan Spice Recipe

A wide variety of spices are used in Moroccan cooking to create rich, flavorful sauces and zesty – but not too spicy – side dishes and salads. They believe that fresh spices are best and they tend to go through their spice supplies quickly. This means that old, bitter spices are rarely an issue. For best results when cooking easy Moroccan recipes, make sure that you’re using fresh spices.

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The four basic spices are salt, pepper, ginger and turmeric. If you have these four spices, you can get started making basic meat and vegetable tagines and stews. Other common spices include, saffron, paprika, cumin, cinnamon and white pepper.

Five more native products that are especially important in easy Moroccan recipes are lemons, olives, figs, dates, and almonds. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the country is rich in fish and seafood. Beef is not plentiful, so meals are usually built around lamb or poultry.

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Flat, round Moroccan bread is eaten at every meal. The Moroccan national dish is the tagine, a lamb or poultry stew. Other common ingredients may include almonds, hard-boiled eggs, prunes, lemons, tomatoes, and other vegetables. The tagine, like other easy Moroccan recipes, is known for its distinctive flavoring, which comes from spices including saffron, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, and ground red pepper. The tagine’s name is taken from the distinctive earthenware dish with a cone-shaped top in which it is cooked and served.

So the next time you are at a Moroccan restaurant, or better yet in Morocco, be prepared for the spicy flavors of their food served in its very distinctive Tagine to be eaten with your fingers!!!