Tagine appears as a signature dish in 1 Morocco cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Tagine · Marrakech
Tagine is the conical clay pot and the dish cooked in it: meat or fish slow-simmered with vegetables, preserved lemon, olives, spices and dried fruit, the cone returning evaporated steam to keep the broth concentrated.
The tagine pot is a North African Berber invention dating to at least the 8th century. Two basic styles dominate Marrakech menus: chicken with preserved lemon and green olives (the Fassi classic), and lamb with prunes, dried apricots and toasted almonds (the wedding-day showpiece). A vegetable tagine khodra rounds out vegetarian-friendly menus. Friday remains the traditional couscous-and-tagine family lunch across Morocco.
Where to eat in Marrakech:
- Al Fassia Gueliz
- Le Foundouk
- Dar Yacout