David is a Brisbane based photographer offering portrait, landscape and commercial photographic services.

These pictures are from David's personal gallery - he is available for hire at his Professional Photography site.

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Photo Tags

• Canon
• 400d
• Queensland
• Australia
• Cedar Creek
• Christmas Present
• Tagine
• Red

Comments

• benefit of hindsight said:
  Ok, David. I'll bite. What is a tagine please ;-)
• yewenyi (文意) said:
  looks good.
• David de Groot said:
  It's a cooking dish of course!
  Or to be more precise, a dish used for cooking with a conical lid originally from North Africa and maybe the Middle East. It works a lot like a pressure cooker (only requires low heat, does not require a lot (if any) excess liquids).
  The word tagine (or tajine in French) also refers to the style of dish cooked in this vessel.
  
  Thanks Brian!
• benefit of hindsight said:
  Thanks David, that it was some sort of cooking vessel I had gathered thanks to your photographic evidence ;-p
• The Central Scrutiniser said:
  is there a vent at the top of the lid?
• picsbymac said:
  I think they are a staple tool used to cook Moroccan dishes, stews in particular. I have some recipes that are yummy if you'd like : ) The colour of your tagine is wonderful btw.
  
  dug out of a dictionary "ORIGIN from Moroccan Arabic: ṭažin from Arabic ṭājin 'frying pan.' "
• horstgeorg said:
  Looks great, David !
  
  Seen in my contacts
• bris1969 said:
  Lovely rich red colour
• David de Groot said:
  No vent Greg, the idea is the steam from the food circulates and builds up pressure in the lid, thus raising the temperature of the food without applying extra heat (i.e. a constant low heat source is used, but it's effects are amplified by the closed cooking). It's not as efficient as a pressure cooker in that respect as the lid is not clamped down and sealed, but it's still remarkably effective.
  
  Yep that's it Melissa. I have a multitude of these types of recipes (I had a big Moorish cooking phase not long ago) :)
  
  Thanks Horst and Adam.
• Margot- said:
  How very interesting and so sweet of your parents!
• David de Groot said:
  I thought so Margot :)
  
  We're giving it another whirl tonight, this time a lamb and chickpea tagine.
• Margot- said:
  Wow, that sounds so delish! Don't forget to take pictures! Hey, are you guys eating already? Yooohoo!
• David de Groot said:
  And it was Margot - just took a bit longer to cook than planned. No pictures I'm afraid, too hungry ;-)