Bean/Grain: Apple-Mint Couscous Salad
Source of Recipe
fooddownunder.com
List of Ingredients
1 tbl Unsalted butter plus
1 tsp Unsalted butter
1 cup Peeled finely-chopped sweet apples
1 tbl Minced shallots
1 tsp Minced garlic
3 tbl Chopped fresh mint
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
1 cup Couscous
1 tbl Olive oil
1 cup Chicken stock
1/4 cup Toasted shelled pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup Crumbled feta cheese - (2 oz)
1 lrg Pita toasted and cut in 8 triangles
2 Bibb lettuce leaves Recipe
In a large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over high heat. Add apples, shallots, garlic, mint, salt and pepper to taste, and saute for 2 minutes. Add the couscous and olive oil and saute, stirring, for 1 minute. Now stir in the chicken stock and bring to a boil, stirring for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 1 minute. Stir in remaining butter and turn off the heat. Cover and allow to sit for 2 minutes. Uncover and allow to cool to room temperature.
When cool, fluff with a fork and fold in the pumpkin seeds and feta cheese, add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with toasted pita triangles, on a bed of crisp bibb lettuce.
This recipe yields 3 1/2 cups of salad.
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