Spicy Moroccan Porkchops with Fig and Honey Mashpotatoes

This is what I made for dinner last night... YUMMY! I love to cook and every week I cook exotic food or ethnic food for my family! These two dishes came from the top of my head I never really use cook books and it turned out really GREAT! So I think every week I will post my weekly dinner recipes .... no one will read this ... but it waste my time to write this blog :)

Dry ingredients 1/2 tsp of each spice

• ground cinnamon
• ground red pepper
• ground turmeric
• ground cumin
• ground coriander seed
• ground paprika
• sea salt
• ground black pepper

mix them all in one bowl put aside for the pork chops

Other ingredients for pork chops

• 1 cup beef broth
• 2 tbs red curry paste
• 1 tbs garlic and ginger paste
• 1 small onion diced
• 2 tbs olive oil

Fig and Honey Mash potatoes

With Moroccan food they use couscous..I didn't have any so I used mash potatoes instead

Ingredients for mash potatoes

• 1 jar of whole fig preserves
• 1 tsp honey
• 2 cups water
• 1 tbs skim milk
• 1 tbs of butter
• 5 small russet potatoes peeled and cut
• salt and pepper to taste

peel and cut potatoes into cubes or halves

in sauce pan bring to boil fig preserve juice with honey and water stir and bring to a boil ... add potatoes

last few min add 3 whole figs

add butter and milk ... leave the 3 whole figs and add salt and pepper

mix together

YUMMY... taste like candy :)

add olive oil and fry the pork chops until golden brown then set aside

add the beef stock then onions

next add in the 2 pastes and stir

then add in dry ingredients let simmer for few min

then add the pork chops to the pan again

mix all together and cook for 1 hour on med heat

YUMMY looks done!

put in a dish and pour the gravy over the pork chops

I served it with black beans and placed the pork chops on top of the mash potatoes for a spicy and sweet taste

serve with hot green tea and YUMMY... YUMMY....YUMMY!