Tajine Tajine A tajine or tagine (Moroccan Arabic طجين tažin, from Arabic: طاجن tājun; Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵊⵉⵏ) is a Maghrebi dish which is named after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked. It is also called a Maraq/marqa in North Africa. From Moroccan Arabic طجين "tažin", from Arabic طاجن "tājun" "shallow earthen pot", from "tagēnon" "frying-pan, saucepan". The tagine dates back to Harun al-Rashid who was a ruler of the Early Muslim conquests. The earliest writings about the concept of cooking in a tajine appear in the famous "One Thousand and One Nights", an Arabic-language story collection from the ninth century.
Cocido montañés a main course. "Cocido montañés" is made with two vegetable ingredients, dried large white beans (soaked overnight before use) and collard greens ("berza"). Some recipes use local red bean "caricu montañés" instead of white beans or cabbage instead of hard-to-find collard greens. The rest of the elements of this recipe are known as "compangu" which refers to the meat ingredients from the pig slaughter, bacon ("tocino"), pork ribs ("costilla"), black pudding ("morcilla") and sausage ("chorizo"). Cocido montañés Cocido montañés ('highlander stew' or 'mountain stew'), is a rich hearty bean stew, originally from and most commonly found in Cantabria in northern