Pomegranate stuffing in a bowl

Pomegranate stuffing

Name: Pomegranate stuffing
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 400ml vegetable or chicken stock; a pinch saffron; a handful ready-to-eat apricots sliced into strips; a handful Craisins or dried cranberries; 50g butter; 200g couscous; 50g shelled pistachios toasted and roughly chopped; a handful pomegranate seeds; a small bunch coriander chopped

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:09 PM

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Serves 6

A little effort

Total time: 20 mins

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This Middle Eastern-style stuffing looks beautiful with its pomegranate seeds, pistachios, apricots and cranberries and can be used to stuff and flavour a turkey or chicken. It is an easy alternative to a baked stuffing.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

400ml vegetable or chicken stock
a pinch saffron
a handful ready-to-eat apricots

sliced into strips
a handful Craisins or dried cranberries
50g butter
200g couscous
50g shelled pistachios

toasted and roughly chopped
a handful pomegranate seeds
a small bunch coriander

chopped

Nutrition: per serving

kcal227
fat12.1g
carbs27.2g
fibre1g
protein4.1g
salt0.84g

Method

step 1

Bring the veg stock to a simmer in a pan. Add saffron and apricots (and cranberries, if using) and stir. Simmer very gently for 2-3 minutes.
step 2

Put the couscous, butter and ½ tsp salt in a bowl. Tip in the boiling stock, stir, then cover with clingfilm. Leave for 5 minutes, then fluff up with a fork and stir in pistachios, pomegranate and coriander.

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