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Couscous

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Is precooked semolina milled from durum wheat. It looks like tiny yellow irregularly shaped pearls. Whole wheat couscous is the same size and shape but with a light brown color and nuttier flavor. Couscous cooks quickly; put equal amounts of couscous and boiling water in a bowl with a little salt and olive oil, cover, and let sit until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir to fluff the grains.

Cover of the cookbook Moosewood Simple Suppers with a red floral motif.
From Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers: Fresh Ideas for the Weeknight Table. Copyright © 2017 by Moosewood Collective. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC. Buy the full book from ThriftBooks or Amazon.
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