Minted Couscous With Currants And Pine Nuts Recipes

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COUSCOUS WITH PINE NUTS



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Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     side-dish

Time 25m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
3/4 cup chopped shallots (3 to 4 shallots)
3 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups couscous
1/2 cup toasted pine nuts (pignolis)
1/4 cup dried currants
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Steps:

  • Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the shallots and cook them over medium-low heat for 3 minutes, until translucent. Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat. Stir in the couscous, cover the pan, and set aside for 10 minutes. Add the pine nuts, currants, and parsley and fluff with a fork to combine. Serve hot.

COUSCOUS WITH PINE NUTS AND MINT



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Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     side-dish

Time 25m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 tablespoons good olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 cup chopped yellow onion
3 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
1 1/2 cups couscous
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup julienned fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted

Steps:

  • Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook over medium-low heat for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender but not browned. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Stir in the couscous, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and remove from the heat. Cover the pot tightly and allow the couscous to steam for 10 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork and stir in the mint and pine nuts. Taste for seasonings and add about 1 teaspoon salt, depending on the saltiness of the stock, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Serve hot.

COUSCOUS WITH CARROTS AND CURRANTS



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Finish this light side dish with fresh cilantro and mint.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 25m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 long strips lemon zest
3 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 cup currants
3 carrots, thinly sliced
Kosher salt
1 1/2 cups couscous
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

Steps:

  • Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the cinnamon and the lemon zest strips and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted, about 30 seconds. Add the broth, currants, carrots and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Stir in the couscous. Remove from the heat, cover and set aside until the liquid is absorbed and the couscous is tender, about 10 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork and stir in the cilantro and mint.

COUSCOUS WITH PINE NUTS AND CURRANTS



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Provided by Amaryll Schwertner

Categories     Herb     Side     Low Fat     Vegetarian     Quick & Easy     Currant     Dried Fruit     Pine Nut     Cucumber     Chickpea     Healthy     Couscous     Self     San Francisco     California     Sugar Conscious     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Soy Free     No Sugar Added     Kosher

Yield Makes 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1/8 cup sesame seeds
1/8 cup pine nuts
1 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup dry whole-wheat couscous (made from semolina, which is used to make pasta)
1 can (15.5 oz) chickpeas, drained
1 cup peeled, seeded and finely diced cucumber
1/8 cup dried currants plumped in water
1/4 cup fines herbes (or minced mint, cilantro and parsley)
Lemon juice
Red pepper flakes

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 400°F. Spread sesame seeds and pine nuts on a cookie sheet and bake until golden, about 5 minutes. Remove from sheet and set aside. In a large saucepan, boil 1 cup water with butter and salt. Remove from heat and add couscous. Stir, cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Toss couscous with sesame seeds, pine nuts, chickpeas, cucumber, currants, and fines herbes. Season to taste with remaining ingredients and salt and pepper.

MINTED COUSCOUS WITH CURRANTS AND PINE NUTS



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Categories     Fruit     Herb     Nut     Pasta     Side     Quick & Easy     Currant     Dried Fruit     Mint     Pine Nut     Fall     Couscous     Bon Appétit     Peanut Free     Soy Free     No Sugar Added

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 14 1/2-ounce cans low-salt chicken broth
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
3 cups couscous
1/2 cup dried currants
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
4 green onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup minced fresh mint
2 tablespoons minced fresh dill

Steps:

  • Bring broth and butter to boil in medium saucepan. Remove from heat; stir in couscous. Cover, let stand 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with fork. Transfer to bowl. Add currants, pine nuts, green onions, mint and dill; stir to blend. Season with salt and pepper.

COUSCOUS WITH POMEGRANATE, MINT AND PINE NUTS



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     side-dish

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon minced fresh mint
1/2 cup diced fennel
1/3 cup toasted pine nuts
1 tablespoon za'atar (optional)
3 cups cooked Israeli couscous (use French if unavailable)
Seeds from 1 pomegranate (substitute dried cranberries)

Steps:

  • In a large mixing bowl whisk together olive oil, vinegar, salt, fresh mint, fennel, pine nuts and za'atar if available. Add couscous and gently incorporate dressing and couscous with a fork. Add pomegranate seeds and again gently fold through but this time with a spoon. Allow salad to remain at room temperature for a half an hour so that flavors can blossom

MINTED SAFFRON RICE WITH CURRANTS AND PINE NUTS



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Categories     Rice     Side     Vegetarian     Quick & Easy     Currant     Mint     Pine Nut     Saffron     Vegan     Simmer     Boil     Gourmet     Pescatarian     Dairy Free     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Soy Free     No Sugar Added     Kosher

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cuminseed
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 cups long-grain rice
2 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup currants
1/4 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted lightly
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves

Steps:

  • In a large heavy saucepan heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook cuminseed, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf, stirring, until mixture is fragrant and cuminseed is several shades darker (be careful not to burn it).
  • Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened. Add rice and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add water, currants, saffron, and salt and bring to a boil, covered. Reduce heat to very low and simmer rice, covered, 20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.
  • Let rice stand 5 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick and bay leaf and stir in pine nuts and mint.

COUSCOUS WITH PINE NUTS, CORIANDER & RAISINS



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Try this superhealthy accompaniment alongside lamb chops for a tasty meal to serve a crowd

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Buffet, Dinner, Lunch, Side dish, Snack, Supper, Vegetable

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 8

250g couscous
400ml hot vegetable stock
75g 2 ½ oz pine nuts
50g dried apricots , chopped
bunch coriander leaves
4-5 tbsp raisins
zest and juice 1 lemon
5 tbsp olive oil

Steps:

  • Put the couscous in a medium-sized bowl, pour over the stock, cover with cling film, and leave to stand for 5 mins. Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts in a dry pan for a few mins, until pale golden.
  • Fluff up the couscous with a fork, add all the remaining ingredients and mix well to combine.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 366 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 50 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 18 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 8 grams protein, Sodium 0.28 milligram of sodium

COUSCOUS SALAD WITH CURRANTS, PINE NUTS, AND CELERY



Couscous Salad with Currants, Pine Nuts, and Celery image

This couscous salad is just right for a late summer barbecue.

Categories     Gourmet     Couscous     Celery     Salad     Side

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/8 teaspoon powdered saffron
1 1/2 cups chicken stock or canned chicken broth
1 1/2 cups couscous
1 1/2 cups diced celery
2/3 cup dried currants, plumped in hot water for 15 minutes and drained
1/3 cup thinly sliced scallions
1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted lightly
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup olive oil
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

Steps:

  • In a large skillet melt the butter with the saffron over moderate heat, stirring, add the stock, and bring the liquid to a boil. Stir in the couscous, cover the skillet, and remove it from the heat. Let the mixture stand for 4 minutes and transfer it to a ceramic or glass bowl, breaking up any lumps with a fork.
  • Add the celery, the currants, the scallions, the pine nuts, and the parsley and toss the mixture to combine it. In a small bowl whisk together the lemon juice and the cinnamon, add the oil in a slow stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. Drizzle the dressing over the salad, toss the salad, and season it with salt and pepper.
  • Do Ahead
  • The salad may be made a day ahead and kept covered and chilled. Transfer the salad to a portable container.

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