With an abundance of delicious British-grown JAZZ™ apples incoming, here’s some early inspiration for how you can use them in your cooking. Their balanced, tangy-sweet flavour means they work wonderfully in a variety of dishes including this warming JAZZ™ Apple, Sweet Potato and Chickpea Tagine.
Ingredients (Serves 3-4)
2 JAZZ™ apples, cored and diced
A glug of olive oil
1 red onion, peeled and diced
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp cumin
1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
1 tbsp harissa paste
1 large sweet potato, cut into small pieces
1 aubergine, cut into small cubes
1 carrot, diced
1 x 410g tin of chickpeas, drained
1 x 410g tin of chopped tomatoes
250ml/9fl oz vegetable stock
Salt and black pepper
Freshly chopped parsley
Couscous and flatbreads and dips of your choice, to serve
Method
Preheat the oven to 150°C, fan 130°C, gas 2.
Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof lidded casserole, add the diced onion and cook for 3-4 minutes until beginning to soften.
Add the spices, stir and then add the harissa paste and cook for 2 minutes more.
Stir in the sweet potato, aubergine, carrot, apple, drained chickpeas, chopped tomatoes and stock, give one final stir, season with salt and pepper then cover with a lid and transfer to the oven and cook for 2 hours.
When cooked, serve the tagine heaped into warmed bowls, sprinkled with chopped parsley with the couscous, flatbread and dips to accompany.
