Couscous With Pine Nuts & Currants (from Barefoot Contessa)
Recipe: #31493
February 21, 2019
Categories: Side Dishes, Couscous, Pine Nut Raisin, Mediterranean, Moroccan, No Eggs, more
"I saw Ina Gartner, the Barefoot Contessa, preparing this dish during the "Friends of Friends" episode of her show, and I had to make it. It certainly did not disappoint us. It was quite easy to make, and it’s such a flavorful side dish. One evening, when I wanted more for a main dish feel to the recipe, I tossed in some extra red kidney beans (that I had left over from making chili the day before), and it was a nice light (but filling) entrée for our family dinner. But I didn't include beans as an ingredient, since it's not part of the original recipe."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (355.2 g)
- Calories 803.7
- Total Fat - 26.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.9 g
- Cholesterol - 35.9 mg
- Sodium - 565.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 117.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.1 g
- Sugars - 9.9 g
- Protein - 24.3 g
- Calcium - 56.5 mg
- Iron - 3.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the shallots and sauté them over medium-low heat for 3 minutes or until translucent and tender.
Step 2
Add the chicken stock, salt and pepper, and bring the mixture to a boil. Turn off the heat. Stir in the couscous, cover the pan, and set aside for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Add the pine nuts, currants, and parsley and fluff with a fork to combine. Serve hot.
Tips
No special items needed.