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Fresh Fig and Pine Nut Couscous
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Fresh Fig and Pine Nut Couscous
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 250g couscous
- 1 tsp honey
- 8 small figs
- 50g pine nuts
- 4 whole cloves
Method
- Put 250g couscous in a bowl, pour over 300ml boiling water, cover with cling film and leave for 5 minutes. (Add 1 tsp honey to the hot water if you want a touch of sweetness.) Quarter eight small figs. Toast 50g pine nuts until golden.
- Grind four whole cloves in a pestle and mortar or measure ¼ tsp ready-ground cloves. Toss the couscous, figs, pine nuts and cloves together in a large bowl, season well and serve as part of a buffet spread, or spoon on to a plate as a bed for roast lamb or grilled sea bass.
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This recipe was first published in Thu Sep 01 01:00:00 BST 2005.
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