Our friends Gloria and Meredith treated Andy and I to our first dinner at Tara Kitchen the other night and it was an absolute revelation. Unsure of whether the giddiness was from the company or the delicious food, it made for an evening of joy that had me scrambling to find out more about Tara Kitchen, and trying out some tagine recipes, starting with this Vegetable Tagine as seen in full here.
The main thrust of flavor comes from the Ras El Hanout, which I did my best to assemble from scratch – about 12 different spices that combine into one magical mixture that you can keep on hand. I made a big batch since I intend to try out several recipe in the coming weeks. Moroccan tagines are the perfect accompaniment to the season of hygge – warming and hearty, comforting and pleasant, and spicy enough to heat things up in the most frigid of winters. When the spices were mixed well together, this was the beautiful result:
Once they hit the heat, all sorts of delicious aromas broke out, and the kitchen was filled with hope and happiness just ready to dance on the tongue. This veggie tagine was a lovely introduction to Tara Kitchen, and I strongly recommend you give them a try. Check out their website here, which comes complete with recipes and items for purchase (in case you don’t want to make your own Ras El Hanout).
