Tajine Maadnous
Tajine Maadnous
Tajine maadnous is a baked Tunisian egg dish. With a heavy Italian influence, this egg bake is very similar to a frittata. Traditionally, the meat(either beef or lamb) is cooked until tender in an actual tajine. If you don’t own a tajine, you can speed up the cooking process by using an instant pot pressure cooker. The meat is then mixed with sautéed onions and herbs, cheese, breadcrumbs, and eggs. The mixture is baked in a glass dish for 30-40 minutes. This can be served as an appetizer or as a main course with couscous.
Equipment
- instant pot
- glass pie plate
Ingredients
- 1 lb beef chuck roast cut into 1” cubes
- 1 bunch parsley chopped
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 8 large eggs beaten
- 2/3 cup breadcrumbs
- 4 oz mozzarella grated
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat up 1/4 cup of olive oil in your instant pot on the sauté function over medium high heat. Add in the beef. Brown for 8 minutes.
- Stir in the turmeric, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Pour in 1 cup of water. Turn on the pressure cook function over high heat for 15 minutes. Place on the cover and push start.
- When the 15 minutes are up, release the pressure. Turn the sauté function back on and simmer the beef on high.
- Cook until all the liquid has evaporated. Allow the meat to cool.
- While the beef is cooking, heat up the rest of the olive oil,in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Sauté the onions and parsley for 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Once the beef has cooled, add them to a large bowl with the beaten eggs.
- Stir in the cheese, breadcrumbs, and the sautéed onions and parsley. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Pour the egg mixture into a butter glass pie plate.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until the center is cooked all the way through.
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