New Recipes Lemon Couscous - ★Cooking Recipes★

Directions for: Lemon Couscous

Ingredients

Preserved Lemons

1 lemon

11 cup water

cup sugar

2 Tbsp salt

Couscous

3 cup chicken or vegetable stock

1 tsp salt

2 cup couscous

cup olive oil

tsp ground pepper

cup chopped flat leaf parsley

cup fresh lemon juice

Directions

Preserved Lemons

1. Cut lemons into eight. Combine with 8 cups water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Drain. Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan with sugar and salt, stirring to dissolve. Add lemon, cover and simmer over low heat until very tender (about 1 hour). Cool

Couscous

1. Remove lemon from syrup. Remove and discard flesh reserving lemon peel. Cut peel into small dice (you will need cup).

2. Bring stock to a boil. Stir in couscous, chopped lemon, oil, salt and pepper. Return to a boil. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and spread on a parchment lined pan to cool.

3. Transfer couscous to a large bowl and fluff with fork. Add parsley, lemon juice and toss.

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