Lamb and Egg Tagine

Eggs are Incredibly Versatile

Diff-egg-culty: Moderate, 2 hrs
Serves: 4

 

Ingredients

3 Sunny Queen eggs
800 grams lamb shoulder, diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon harissa or chilli paste (optional)
2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2-3 cloves
1 tablespoon tomato paste or chopped sundried tomatoes
2 strips orange or mandarin peel
2 carrots, thickly sliced
2 tablespoons sultanas
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
salt and black pepper

Method

Season lamb and brown in olive oil in a heavy saucepan. Remove to a plate.
In the same pan sauté onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes.
Return the lamb, add spices, chilli, tomato paste, peel, carrots and sultanas and pour in 2 cups water.
Cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 1 hour, uncover and cook a further 1/2 hour, until lamb is tender.
While lamb cooks, hard-boil the eggs by boiling in water for 3-4 minutes. Once done, shell and cut into slices.
Check tagine for seasoning, adding extra salt and pepper if needed. Remove peel strips.
Gently fold in the eggs, and transfer to a serving dish.
Serve with couscous or long grain rice cooked with a pinch of saffron and scattering of parsley.

From delicious egg salads to an indulgent Christmas pudding ice cream, cracking out the Sunny Queen eggs can ensure a versatile and egg-straordinary menu that's made with love for friends and family this festive season.

Sunny Queen Farms Managing Director, John O'Hara, challenges the stigma that a Christmas feast means a whole day of whisking up difficult recipes. Using everyday ingredients like eggs means your family enjoys easy, yummy and nutritious food - the real value of Christmas has always been about sharing good food with your loved ones. The goodness of Sunny Queen eggs will bring a smile to your family around the table. 'Christmas Day breakfast, lunch and dinner are great opportunities to share an egg-stra special meal with your loved ones" said Mr O'Hara.

'Eggs are incredibly versatile, and easy to include in your festive menu. Starting with a scrumptious breakfast of baked eggs with bacon and spinach, followed by scotch eggs for a snack, to a layered pavlova cake for dessert, there are plenty of twists on traditional festive favourites to cook that won't have you beaten."

This year why not try cooking up your Christmas feast with delicious, golden-yolked Sunny Queen Free Range eggs. At only 1500 hens per hectare, the chooks have 6 times more space to play on Christmas Day and all year round compared to most other free range hens. Here are some of the favourite ways we love to use Sunny Queen Free Range eggs.