Pork and Prune Tagine
Categories: Large Intestine Fluid Vacuity, Lung Fluid Xu, Mediterranean, Pork

PORK AND PRUNE TAGINE serves 4
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 1-1/2 or 2 lbs pork shoulder, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp cinnamon and ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cumin and turmeric
- 1 organic lemon, thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper
- 1 c prunes, soaked in hot water until soft, 1 hour, and drained
- ¼ c honey
- 1 tbs orange flower water
- ¼ c sliced almonds, toasted
Couscous
1) Heat 2 tbs oil, med high, and brown pork, 10 min. Remove and pour off fat.
2) Add remaining 1 tbs oil, lower heat to medium, and add onion and garlic, 5 min. Add spices and stir for a few minutes.
3) Return pork to pan with 1 cup of water and the lemon slices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, cover, and simmer until the pork is tender, 45 min – 1 hour. Add extra liquid if the stew becomes too dry. Season with salt and pepper.
4) Add prunes and honey and cook and additional 20-30 min. stir in the orange flower water.
5) Garnish with almonds and serve with couscous.
ENJOY…
Jason Cox
TCM ANALYSIS
DRYNESS (YIN DEFICIENCY)
Pork: slightly cold, sweet; moistens and nourishes organs
Olive oil: neutral, sweet; clears heat, lubricates dryness
Onion: warm, acrid
Garlic: hot, acrid
Cinnamon: hot, acrid, sweet
Dried ginger: hot, acrid
Cumin: warm, acrid
Turmeric: warm, acrid
Lemon: cool, sour; astringes body fluids, quenches thirst, moves Qi
Prunes: warm, sweet, sour; consolidates Lung, moistens Intestines
Honey: warm, sweet; nourishes Yin, lubricates dryness
Orange water: cool, sweet, sour; astringes body fluids, quenches thirst and moistens Lung, moves Qi
Almonds: neutral, sweet; lubricates Lung and Intestines
This recipe is used to produce and move fluids to lubricate the Metal portions of the body – the Lungs and Large Intestines. It can be used for conditions like chronic cough, chronic sinus or respiratory infection, and constipation.
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Build up of Damp in the Lungs or diarrhea