Recipes

Justine's Christmas Cous-Cous salad

A tasty festive salad that is a treat for the eyes as well as the stomach!

This colourful salad can be served as part of a Christmas buffet or as a side dish with any of the main dishes listed in Viva!’s Very Veggie Christmas website. It would go especially well with the Aubergine Towers & Roast Tomato Sauce.

Preparation/cooking time 1 hour

Ingredients

250g/9oz cous cous
250ml/9 fl oz boiling water
2 tsp of harissa sauce (Belazu's rose harissa is best)
1 red onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 yellow pepper, chopped
1 pomegranate (separate the seeds)
50g/2oz toasted almonds
Large sprig flat leaf parsley, chopped
50g/2oz pine nuts, toasted

Method

1. Put the cous cous in a bowl and cover with boiling water, leave for 5 mins
2. Plump up the cous cous with a fork
3. Stir in harissa sauce until evenly coloured
4. Stir in the onion, peppers, pomegranate, almonds and herbs
5. Transfer to a wide flat serving bowl
6. Sprinkle pine nuts on the top and serve

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