Sweet Couscous With Figs

A breakfast pasta dish

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  cups milk
• 2  tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped dried fig
• 1⁄2-1  tablespoon turbinado sugar or 1⁄2-1  tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1  pinch salt
• 1  cup couscous

Directions

1. Warm the milk with the butter, figs, sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat until small bubbles form at the rim and it just begins to approach a boil.
2. Stir in the couscous; cover, and remove from heat.
3. Let couscous stand for about 5 minutes; spoon into bowls and pass additional sugar at the table, along with milk, if desired.