Recipe: Atlas Mountain Soup

I just had to share this with you all This soup, which is more like a stew, is sustaining enough to make a complete meal if accompanied by some good, crusty bread. The meat, combined with spices and with a tang of lemon and apricots, has the flavor of North Africa.

Atlas Mountain Soup Ingredients

• cup chopped dried apricots

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 2 teaspoons ground cumin

• 2 teaspoons paprika

• 1 pound ground lamb

• 4 stalks celery, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

• 1 large green bell pepper, sliced

• 1 pound tomatoes, coarsely chopped

• 1 lemon

• 1? cups water

• 1 tablespoon white sugar

• salt and black pepper to taste

How to Make Atlas Mountain Soup

1. Soak the apricots in water for 2 hours or more until soft; drain.

2. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic, cinnamon, cumin, and paprika; cook and stir for 1 minute. Raise the heat to medium-high, crumble in the ground lamb, stirring and breaking it up with a wooden spoon for a few minutes until browned. Stir in the drained apricots, celery, green pepper, and tomato.

3. Using a vegetable peeler, shave 5 - 6 strips of rind off the lemon and add to the soup with the juice of the lemon. Stir in the water and sugar. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer gently for half an hour. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Atlas Mountain Soup Nutritions

• Calories: 404.7 calories

• Carbohydrate: 31.3 g

• Cholesterol: 75.9 mg

• Fat: 23.1 g

• Fiber: 6.8 g

• Protein: 22.6 g

• SaturatedFat: 7.4 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 110.4 mg

• Sugar: 20.9 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Atlas Mountain Soup Reviews

• I followed this recipe quite closely, and it was a gently-spiced, rustic, lemony soup. I used sweet paprika, and I think Ill try hot paprika next time.

• Interesting combination of flavours and the dried apricots add a different texture. I used a can of tomatoes since the fresh ones available right now have no flavour.

• Hi, I submitted this recipe all those years ago. Ive since made some small changes to it that have improved the flavour (in my opinion).Add 1/3 tsp (or to taste) of sumac, it really brings out the citrus flavour.And garnish with a sprinkling of Pul Bieber.

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