Spicy CousCous

Name: Spicy Couscous
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 23 min
Ingredients: Ingredients; 1 large red and 1 large yellow pepper (halved and deseeded (leave stalks on)); 85 g (golden penny couscous); 25 g pine nuts (toasted); handful black olives (roughly chopped); 50 g feta cheese (crumbled); 50 g semi-dried tomato snipped (or handful cherry tomatoes, quartered); 2 tbsp shredded basil

Eniola

5 months ago

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Spicy Couscous

Break from the norm and try this exotic Couscous recipe. If you love spicy food, this will become your go-to.

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine Italian

Keyword basil, golden penny couscous, pasta, peppers, Spicy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 23 minutes

Servings people

Ingredients

Ingredients
1 large red and 1 large yellow pepper halved and deseeded (leave stalks on)
85 g golden penny couscous
25 g pine nuts toasted
handful black olives roughly chopped
50 g feta cheese crumbled
50 g semi-dried tomato snipped or handful cherry tomatoes, quartered
2 tbsp shredded basil

Instructions

Method
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
Pop the peppers on a plate and microwave on Medium for 5 mins, until almost soft.
Place on a baking tray, cut-side up.
Meanwhile, place the couscous in a bowl and cover with 125ml boiling water.
Stir, cover the bowl and leave to stand for 10 mins.
Stir the couscous with a fork to break it up, then mix in the pine nuts, olives, feta, tomatoes and basil.
Pile the couscous stuffing into the pepper halves and bake for 10 mins.