Olive Couscous Salad (Moroccan for ZWT-9)

"Per Wikipedia – “The main Moroccan Berber dish most people are familiar with is couscous, a nat’l delicacy.” .. “Couscous is a staple food of the No African cuisines of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania & Libya.” .. “Spices & Other Flavorings –Many ingredients are home-grown .. like mint & olives from Meknes (a city in north Morocco) & lemons from Fez. Common spices include coriander. Common herbs include mint & parsley.” – This recipe reflects the Moroccan cuisine in many ways. It was found at kitchenconfidante.com & described as: “Wonderfully versatile, this salad works best if given time to soak in the flavors of the dressing. If made the night before, by the following dy it will be perfectly chilled, flavorful & ready to pair w/your favorite dishes.” Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
6 Salad Servings
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Couscous - Bring 2 ½ cups of water to a boil in a med saucepan. Salt the water & add couscous. Cover the saucepan & reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat & allow the couscous to sit (still covered) for another 5-10 minutes. Drain any excess liquid & chill until ready to make the salad.
  • Dressing & Assembly - Mash together the garlic & salt. Stir in the lemon juice, mustard, vinegar, olive oil & pepper. Toss the dressing w/the olives, red onion, cilantro & mint into the couscous. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • Notes: Can be made a dy in advance. Optional before serving to shave Parmesan cheese over the salad.

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  1. I cannot begin explain how delicious this was! I made two rather significant changes:<br/>When the hot couscous was sitting in the pot minding its own business, I added two left-over sliced venison kielbasa. (change 1) And change 2 - served it warm. Everything else was as stated, but it was SO good! That happened to be what kind of sausage we had, but any type of pre-cooked sausage would probably be good, as well. It's just too darn cold to make this into a chilled salad! thanks, Twissis - made for her football pool win 2014
     
  2. I made this exactly as posted, and the result was a very flavorful and unique salad. The dressing is really quite nice, and could probably work well on a green salad too. I did not add the parmesan, however, and don't think it needed it. This made a great take-along-to-work lunch. Made by a Tasty Tester for ZWT 9.
     
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I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)
 
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