Sweet Orange Couscous with Dried Fruit

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Sweet Orange Couscous with Dried Fruit

 

Recipe By :Cooking Light, April 2000

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Desserts Desserts/Fruit

 

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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3 cups water -- divided

3 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons honey

32 dried apricot halves -- (about 5 1/2 ounces)

2 teaspoons grated orange rind

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1 (3 " ) cinnamon stick

1 cardamom pod -- (optional)

1/3 cup fresh orange juice

2 tablespoons chopped pitted dates

1/2 cup uncooked couscous

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

 

Combine 2 cups water, sugar, and honey in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil.

Stir in apricots, rind, lemon juice, cinnamon, and

cardamom, if desired. Reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes. Cool. Remove

apricots with a slotted spoon, set aside. Strain syrup

through a sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Add orange juice and dates

to syrup, cover and chill.

 

Bring 1 cup water to a boil in pan; gradually stir in couscous and salt. Remove

from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff

with a fork. Cool completely. Spoon 1/2 cup couscous into each of 4 bowls.

Arrange 8 apricot halves over couscous; sprinkle with

1 1/2 teaspoons mint. Spoon 1/2 cup syrup over each serving.

 

CALORIES 266 (1% from fat); FAT 0.4g (sat 0.1g, mono 0.1g, poly 0.1g); PROTEIN

4g; CARB 66.3g; FIBER 4.6g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 2.4mg;

SODIUM 80mg; CALC 25mg

 

Cuisine:

" Mediterranean "

Source:

" Victoria Riccardi "

S(Formatted by):

" KES on 8/28/00 "

Copyright:

" 2000 Southern Living Inc. "

 

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NOTES : The traditional version of this Mediterranean dessert is often sweetened

with sugarcane. We've used a combination of honey

and granulated sugar to achieve the same end result. Cardamom pods can be found

in your supermarket's spice section. Typically

used in baking, the cranberry-size pods are filled with tiny seeds that have a

spicy-sweet flavor.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0