Monthly Mingle #9: Arabian Nights – Chicken tajine with honey, pears & cinnamon

Another dish I tried for Meeta’s Arabian Nights
It’s a rather easy and quick dish but yet delicious. I love the taste of fruits with meat it’s sweet and savoury and unusual to an austrian tongue.

But hey – we are quite expertimental since we began to cook for each other at work and we always have fun to try new combinations for Blog Events or ’cause we are inspired by other food bloggers.
Or surprise each other with real down to earth traditional food coming from different parts of our country this is often quite interesting too.

Rub the chicken with salt, pepper and cumin.
Roast in a medium heated pan with cinnamon until light cross. Remove from pan.

Roast onions,garlic and ginger in the pan,add honey.
Place chicken in the tajine cover with the onions and pears. Add chicken stock.

Close tajine and roast for about 25 minutes.

Before serving sprinkle with freshly picked coriander leaves.

Mix 60 gram flour with yeast, salt and sugar, add 300 ml lukewarm water and stir well until smooth. Let rise for ~30 minutes.

Add the other ingredients and knead until you get a smooth dough. Divide into two balls and let rest and rise for another 30 minutes.

Flaten the balls until about 2 cm thick. Place on an oiled baking sheet and dizzle som oil on top, sprinkle with sesame.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes at 180°C.

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1. with that amount of water I needed a lot more flour ↩ back
2. I used more ↩ back