{"id":804,"date":"2013-01-23T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:06:12","slug":"this-weeks-best-bite-moroccan-duck-kefta-tagine-saffron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/23\/this-weeks-best-bite-moroccan-duck-kefta-tagine-saffron\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s Best Bite: Moroccan duck kefta tagine, Saffron"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-805\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/tagine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/tagine.jpg\" alt=\"Moroccan duck kefta tagine, Saffron\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" class=\"size-full wp-image-805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tagine.jpg 476w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tagine-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tagine-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan duck kefta tagine, Saffron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s this week&#8217;s Best Bite:<\/strong> During a wintry mini-vacation in Minnesota this past weekend, our dinner at Saffron in downtown Minneapolis emerged as the clear dining highlight. In each shareable dish, we could detect a wealth of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences, down to details such as caramelized paprika butter or feta fondue. But the most impressive was this tagine, a North African stew with layers of bold flavors that had slowly melded together in the dish&#8217;s eponymous cooking vessel. The blurriness in the photo is from the steam that came off as the server removed the conical lid; we then broke and stirred in the egg yolks to make the sauce even silkier. The duck meatballs (kefta) were moist and well-seasoned, chickpeas added contrast, and the whole thing was both comforting and exotic. I&#8217;ll share more about my Minnesota adventures in an upcoming post!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saffronmpls.com\/\" title=\"Saffron\">Saffron Restaurant &amp; Lounge<\/a>, 123 N 3rd St., Minneapolis, MN.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why it&#8217;s this week&#8217;s Best Bite: During a wintry mini-vacation in Minnesota this past weekend, our dinner at Saffron in downtown Minneapolis emerged as the clear dining highlight. In each shareable dish, we could detect a wealth of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences, down to details such as caramelized paprika butter or feta fondue. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[414,424,743,769,779,1011,1121,1179],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-bites-2","tag-downtown-minneapolis","tag-duck-kefta","tag-mediterranean-food","tag-minneapolis","tag-moroccan-food","tag-saffron","tag-tagine","tag-twin-cities-dining"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}