Jewelled Couscous

A lovely side dish.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 700  ml  chicken stock or 700  ml  vegetable stock
• 350  g couscous
• 1  lemon, grated rind only
• 4  tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 50  g  toasted sliced almonds
• 75  g  ready-to-eat  dried apricots, chopped
• 50  g sultanas
• 3  tablespoons  chopped fresh parsley
•  salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Boil stock in a saucepan.
2. Pour in the couscous in a thin stream and stir in lemon rind.
3. Cover pan, remove from heat and leave for 5 minutes, fluffing with a fork after 2 minutes.
4. Drizzle over olive oil and stir in almonds, apricots, sultanas and parsley.
5. Season.
6. For Vegetarians use vegetable stock.
7. Either serve immediately or cove with foil and keep warm in the oven for up to 30 minutes, or allow to cool, cover with clingflim and reheat in a microwave oven.