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Mermez Blend

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Mermez is a warming, Tunisian one-pot stew, gently flavoured with paprika, caraway, cumin and garlic, plus a hint of exotic and fragrant spices including cinnamon, cardamon and rose. Using plenty of onions and olive oil makes the sauce rich and delicious - add an extra drizzle of olive oil at the table for even more flavour!

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Mermez is a warming, Tunisian one-pot stew, gently flavoured with paprika, caraway, cumin and garlic, plus a hint of exotic and fragrant spices including cinnamon, cardamon and rose. Using plenty of onions and olive oil makes the sauce rich and delicious - add an extra drizzle of olive oil at the table for even more flavour!

MERMEZ BLEND (1 portion = 3 tbsp): caraway, paprika, coriander, cumin, red bell pepper, mint, chilli, parsley, brown MUSTARD, coriander leaf, cassia, black cardamon, black pepper, green cardamon, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, bay

Allergens are listed in CAPITALS. May contain traces of celery and sesame

Tunisian Mermez Recipe:

PREP 20 mins
COOK 1 hr 30 mins
HEAT 2
Serves 4

You Need:

500g diced lamb, beef or chicken, or root veg for a veg/vegan version
2 onions - finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic - finely grated
1 green pepper - cut into bite-size pieces
10g bunch of parsley or mint (optional) - roughly chopped
1 lemon
400g tin of tomatoes
2 x 400g tins of chick peas
4 tbsp olive oil
Crusty bread and salad to serve
1 portion of Mermez Blend

Method:

Fry the lamb and onion in the olive oil for 10 minutes or until the onion is soft and translucent
Add the tinned tomatoes, chickpeas (including all the liquid from the tins), MERMEZ BLEND and 1 tsp salt then cover and simmer for 1 hour or until the meat is tender and the sauce is rich and thick (stirring occasionally and adding a splash of water if necessary)
Add the garlic and pepper, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the pepper is soft
Stir in the juice of ½ the lemon, sprinkle over the chopped parsley (if using) then serve with the bread, salad and remaining ½ lemon cut into wedges to squeeze over at the table

Packaging format:

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Product Rating (9):

5/5

Cooked long and slow, the lamb was so tender and absolutely delicious. With fresh lemon and mint added at the end the meal was so different than the normal fare. perfect. Thank you for the sample.

Wow that was quick Denis - you must be the first person to have cooked this blend! Glad you enjoyed it and look forward to seeing your next creation!

5/5

Used this for a fridge odds and ends veggie clear out with a handful of chopped apricots thrown in. Really tasty and warming. Only cooked for two so will use the half the pack with lamb in a few weeks - delicious!

That looks delicious and very nutritious! Great shout adding in chopped apricots too- one for us to try ourselves!

5/5

Free sample with last months box. Tunisian Mermez Blend. Needed a quick tasty meal on a cold day so used what we had in to create this stew, done in not long over an hour (as we used mainly veg) Delicious with crusty bread and will defiantly order again.

WOW we wish we could try some- we're loving the variety of veggies!

5/5

My first curry legend recipe using mermez free sample. It was spicy, warming and delicious. Half was plenty for 2 , so I now have a frozen meal for when we need warming up.

YUM looks delicious and a wonderful Winter warmer!

5/5

Amazing and delicious stew, great spice blend, thank you

YUM- looks like a warming and fragrant stew!

5/5

Here’s our midweek winter warmer using the Mermez blend, and mightily tasty it was too!! Another excellent blend and recipe from the elves at The Spicery. Keep up the good work!! Steve and Elaine in Stert, Wiltshire.

Great work, Steve and Elaine - there's nothing like a spicy stew to get you through these cold evenings!

5/5

Made my own recipe with carrot, parsnip, turnip and 4oz of minced beef. No chick peas but used a tin of barlotti beans and an equivalent amount of puy lentils. 3 onions , 400ml of passata. 2 tablespons of oats ( consistency yummy). IT WAS DELICIOUS with just the right amount of heat and fragrance. Have plenty left so will serve it next with sides of Portuguese potatos and broccoli.

We love hearing how you improvise with our blends to make something different! It sounds like this recipe worked a treat, we're so glad to hear how much you enjoyed it.

5/5

A larder 'must have'. Absolutely fabulous and really versatile blend that makes aromatic stews, tagines, stuffings for peppers, flavours couscous and bulghar wheat pilafs, rubs for grills and kebabs. Fantastic on lamb. Most recent creation mixed it with butter to fry and a whole blanched caulliflower and then roasted and basted it with passata with a tin of borlotti beans added at the end. Delicious veggie main.

Great job using this blend in so many different ways, Elaine - that cauliflower dish sounds incredible!

5/5

One of the best spice mixes we’ve tried. I bought many packets of this so I could keep having this dish after they inevitably stopped producing this blend.

It's great to hear how much you're enjoying this warming, fragrant Tunisian stew. Our free samples are made in very limited quantities as we change them monthly, so well done for stocking up whilst you could!

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