Beef and Butternut Squash Tagine

This is a most basic tagine recipe, and you should feel free to experiment with it: Try different spice combinations (keep cumin and cinnamon in the mix, but tinker away with the rest—cardamom and ground ginger would be good additions); add some browned onion and garlic and deglaze the skillet with the water; use lamb or goat instead of beef, or replace some of the meat with cooked and drained chickpeas; use different dried fruits.