Dried apricot and chicken Tagine

Ingredients:

6to 8 pieces of chicken (tighs or legs)
4table spoons of olive oil (Iused butter)
1teaspoon of salt
1/2teaspoon of black pepper
1/4 of teaspoon of ground ginger
pinch of saffron threads (I Have not used it)
1stick of cinnamon (Iused ground cinnamon)
1small onion minced
1cup of water
125gr of pine nuts(Iused slivered almonds)

Apricot sauce
250gr of dried apricots
250ml of water
100gr of sugar
1teaspoon of cinnamon
125gr of butter
Iadded a teaspoon of orange blossom water it gives a nice taste and smell

To prepre the apricot sauce ,place them in pan with water ,cinnamon,sugar,butter then bring to a boil.(have added some orange blossom water) bring to low and let it simmer until you get a thick sauce.

Heat the oil or butter (I used butter) then roast your chicken until golden .Season and add the spices add the onions and water and simmer ,covered for 30min .

To serve arrange the chicken and the apricots on aserving platter .Drizzle withe sauce and garnish with roasted pine nuts (or almonds as I did)