Couscous salad
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By Claire
10 mins
About This Recipe
Couscous salad packed with colour, flavour and texture, from dried cranberries, pistachios and pine nuts.
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Couscous salad
Instructions
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz couscous, prepared according to the packet instructions
- 8 small preserved lemons, flesh and rind finely chopped
- 180g/6⅓oz dried cranberries
- 120g/4⅓oz pine nuts, toasted
- 160g/5¾oz unsalted shelled pistachio nuts, roughly chopped
- 125ml/4fl oz olive oil
- 60g/2¼oz flatleaf parsley, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- 80g/2¾oz rocket leaves
Method
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In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together except the rocket, then taste and adjust the seasoning, adding more salt if necessary. Toss in the rocket and serve immediately.
Nutritional Information
couscous
preserved lemons
cranberries
pine nuts
pistachio
olive oil
parsley
garlic
red wine vinegar
red onion
salt
rocket
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Couscous salad