CousCous

[dogonheat]

Anybody know any nice cous cous recipes?!

[LadyPickers]

Lemon & Herb Couscous

For the couscous:
� 300g couscous
� About a litre of chicken or vegetable stock (you can use Marigold � it would work fine here)
� Zest and juice of one lemon
� Small bunch mint, chopped
� Small bunch coriander, chopped
� 6 spring onions, finely sliced
� Small handful of slivered almonds, toasted until golden in a dry frying pan (watch it � they burn like *******)
� Pomegranate seeds or a handful of dried cranberries chopped up a bit � these aren�t essential but look kinda groovy

Method
� Put couscous in a mixing bowl. Bring the stock to the boil and pour over the couscous. It should cover the grains by a few centimetres or so. Cover with a tea towel and leave until the couscous has absorbed the liquid.
� Add the lemon juice, herbs and spring onions to the couscous and fold through.
� Tip out onto a nice platter and scatter over the almonds and pomegranate seeds/dried cranberries
� Serve warm

[dogonheat]

Thanks Ladypickers, I'll try that out, Im getting a little bored with rice and pasta

[woozer]

Hi

Cook as the lady said - for speed I like to chop up preserved olives; sun dried toms, courgettes etc infact any of those nice veg you can get in jars preserved in oil for anti pasto - add herbs etc perhaps a bit of chopped up chilli very nice served with say grilled lamb cutlets and yogurt with a bit of garlic stirred into it

Also try Quinoa - it is a bit lighter than cous cous and is great if you dont want to eat too much wheat

[curlyfilm]

i just cover the cous cous with boiling water with a chicken stock cube, lemon peel and butter, give it a stir and leave covered and then after half hour, loosen it up with a fork..

though its nice with a little curry paste and fresh ginger, and fresh corriander too

[dogonheat]

Thanks people