Shad with Stuffed Dates

Name: Shad with Stuffed Dates
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: For twelve persons.
Cuisine: Morocco
Ingredients: Half an onion; 3 oz rice or semolina; A very small pinch of salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; A good deal of pepper; ½ teaspoon powdered cinnamon; 3 oz almonds; 3 oz of butter; ½ teaspoon powdered ginger; A fine large shad; 1 lb dates

Preparation info

For
twelve
persons.

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
4 hr

Appears in

Traditional Moroccan Cooking

By Zette Guinaudeau-Franc

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

A fine large shad
1 lb dates
3 oz almonds

Africa
Morocco
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Gut the shad and wash in salt water.

Wash and stone the heavy black dates from the Tafilalet oasis.

Prepare the stuffing, composed of the boiled or steamed rice mixed, when cold, with the chopped almonds, sugar, a little butter, a