Couscous With Pine Nuts And Currants
- 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
- Heat oven to 400u0b0F. 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.
sesame seeds, pine nuts, butter, salt, couscous, chickpeas, cucumber, water, fines herbes, lemon juice, red pepper
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/couscous-with-pine-nuts-and-currants-232661 (may not work)