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Pearl couscous, roasted tomato & asparagus salad recipe
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Pearl couscous, roasted tomato & asparagus salad recipe

11 ingredients 15 min + 10 min 6 people openrecipes

Pearl cous cous is also called ‘giant or Israeli cous cous’. It’s actually pasta and a wonderfully diverse alternative in salad or served as a hot side dish.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

505
Calories
14g
Protein
15g
Fat
86g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250 pearl couscous
  • g vegetable stock
  • 2 -10 cherry tomatoes
  • l -10 fine asparagus tips
  • 8 shallot, very finely chopped
  • 8 splash olive oil
  • 1 dash of balsamic vinegar
  • 1 lemon, juice & zest
  • 1 small bunch of flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 1 grind salt & pepper
  • 1 handful basil leaves

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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