Slow Cooker Beef Tagine

For the Beef Tagine

• 900 g beef I used shin of beef, diced; 2 pounds
• 2 red onions , finely diced
• 3 carrot peeled and diced
• 3 garlic minced, cloves
• 1 tbsp ginger grated, fresh
• 2 tsp cumin ground
• 2 tsp Turmeric ground
• 2 tsp paprika sweet
• 1 tsp salt
• 10 dried apricot finely diced
• 5 dates roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp brown sugar or Sukrin Gold sweetener (optional)
• ½ lemon , juice only
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 400 g chopped tomatoes canned
• 400 g chickpeas drained and rinsed, canned; 14 oz
• ½ cinnamon stick or small piece cassia bark
• 1 beef stock cube crumbled (or use beef bouillon / stockpot)
• 1 bay leaf
• 80 ml water ⅓ cup

To Serve

• 3 tbsp almonds to garnish, flaked
• Coriander cilantro) to garnish, fresh
• lemon zest, grated