PEACH COUSCOUS

facebook share image   twitter share image   pinterest share image   E-Mail share image



Peach Couscous image

I just made this one up for my lunch and thought it was worth writing down. It's a sort of Persian-Moroccan fusion, basically a Moroccanized khoresht. I used the Trader Joe's whole wheat couscous, which is very high fiber and made the whole thing marginally healthier. The couscous-cooking process here is adapted from Claudia Roden's method, and yields reliably fluffy, separate grains.

Provided by Sass Smith

Categories     Fruit

Time 30m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2/3 cup whole wheat couscous
2/3 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
4 shallots or 1/2 medium onion, diced
4 quarters preserved fresh lemon rind, minced
2 peaches, diced
1 tablespoon honey

Steps:

  • Couscous:.
  • Preheat oven or toaster oven to 400 degrees.
  • Place couscous in oven-proof container.
  • Heat chicken broth to boiling in microwave or on stovetop, then stir into couscous; allow to sit for 10-15 minutes.
  • Gently fluff couscous with fork and stir in olive oil until all the grains are coated evenly. You can use a fork or your fingers.
  • Place couscous in the pre-heated oven to "toast" for another 10-15 minutes.
  • Sauce:.
  • While the couscous is absorbing the chicken broth, melt butter in medium pan over medium-low heat. Brown shallots or onion.
  • Just before you put the couscous in the oven to toast, add preserved lemon and peaches to shallots and butter, allowing the sugars to caramelize slightly.
  • Depending on how juicy the peaches are, you may need to add small quantities of water to keep the juices from burning and to keep the sauce appropriately liquid.
  • Stir honey into the sauce just before the couscous is done toasting.
  • Turn the couscous out onto plates and ladle the sauce over it.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 293.7, Fat 19.1, SaturatedFat 8.4, Cholesterol 30.5, Sodium 355.8, Carbohydrate 30, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 21.4, Protein 4.2

There are no comments yet!