How To Make Atlas Mountain Soup
The atlas mountain soup is a hearty dish consisting of ground lamb, apricots, and varying spices. Pair it with some bread for a satisfying, full meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¾cupchopped dried apricots
- 2tbspolive oil
- 2garli cloves,minced
- 2tspground cinnamon
- 2tspground cumin
- 2tsppaprika
- 1lbground lamb
- 4½celery stalks,cut into ½-inch pieces
- 1large green bell pepper,sliced
- 1lbtomatoes,coarsely chopped
- 1lemon
- 1 ¼cupswater
- 1tbspwhite sugar
- Salt and black pepper,to taste
Instructions
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Soak the apricots in water for 2 hours or more until soft; drain.
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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.
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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.
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Using a vegetable peeler, shave 5 to 6 strips of rind off the lemon and add to the soup with the juice of the lemon. Stir in the water and sugar.
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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.
Nutrition
- Calories: 505.44kcal
- Fat: 34.30g
- Saturated Fat: 12.64g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 16.07g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.14g
- Carbohydrates: 30.73g
- Fiber: 6.65g
- Sugar: 21.26g
- Protein: 22.02g
- Cholesterol: 82.78mg
- Sodium: 1404.42mg
- Calcium: 110.67mg
- Potassium: 1088.26mg
- Iron: 4.31mg
- Vitamin A: 138.61µg
- Vitamin C: 57.96mg
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