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- From: enriquez@sable.ox.ac.uk
- Subject: Couscous salad
- Message-ID: <enriquez.6.001357D6@sable.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 01:20:27 GMT
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- Alistair Little's Couscous salad recipe (from his book "Keep it Simple")
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- Ingredients
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- 450g (1lb) instant couscous
- 575ml/1pt boiling water
- 3 lemons
- 300ml/0.5 pt olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 sweet red pepper
- 1 sweet yellow pepper
- bunch of mint
- salt and pepper
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- Mise en place
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- Make the couscous: put it in a large heatproof bowl and stir continously while
- pouring over the boiling water. Keep stirring for at least 3 mins until cool,
- otherwise the grains will clump together. Juice the lemons and stir the lemon
- juice into the couscous, followed by the olive oil, continuing to stir gently.
- all the liquid will be absorbed in due course. Leave to stand while you chop
- the onion and peppers into small dice. Incorporate them into the couscous.
- Coarsely chop the mint leaves and add these. season well with salt and
- pepper. Refrigerate briefly before serving, but do not chill too long or the
- oil will solidify.
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- Serving
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- Heap into the centre of a warmed serving dish and serve with grilled lamb or
- some veggie substitute for same!
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- Alistair Little is the proprietor of a well-known London restaurant which
- bears his name. His book is currently quite popular in the UK and contains
- recipes for which apparently serve four people. This recipe, I have found,
- easily serves six and could in fact use less than the recommended amount of
- olive oil if you are worried about calories!
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