Morocco (Fès and the imperial city tradition — the chicken variant of the sweet-savoury honey-nut canon; the lighter counterpart to Mrouzia) · Moroccan — Tagines & Slow Braises
Served with steamed couscous at a celebration meal. The honey-glazed sauce saturates the couscous grains — serve the couscous around the tagine base, not separately. Mint tea (atay) after.
["Using chicken breast: it becomes dry and stringy in a tagine braise. Use bone-in thigh and leg.", "Adding honey at the start of cooking: it caramelises to bitterness during the long braise.", "Using mild (acacia) honey: the sweetness registers without the flavour depth needed to stand up to the spiced butter sauce."]
Gallus gallus domesticus (bone-in thigh and leg); Prunus dulcis blanched almonds; Thymus vulgaris or Moroccan blossom honey
Served with steamed couscous at a celebration meal. The honey-glazed sauce saturates the couscous grains — serve the couscous around the tagine base, not separately. Mint tea (atay) after.
["Using chicken breast: it becomes dry and stringy in a tagine braise. Use bone-in thigh and leg.", "Adding honey at the start of cooking: it caramelises to bitterness during the long braise.", "Using mild (acacia) honey: the sweetness registers without the flavour depth needed to stand up to the spiced butter sauce."]
Gallus gallus domesticus (bone-in thigh and leg); Prunus dulcis blanched almonds; Thymus vulgaris or Moroccan blossom honey
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