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[5 ingredients]
roast avocado & couscous salad
From Stonesoup
serves 2
Feel free to use a different grain for this salad. Burglur wheat or freekah would make a more interesting substitute as would cooked quinoa.
If the warm avocado makes you a little nervous, by all means serve it with raw avocado.
This is a great thing to make if your avocado is a little on the under-ripe side. It won’t soften a rock hard avo’ but it will help along one that is a little too hard to spread on toast.
I’ve been having an issue with lumpy couscous of late but have overcome the problem. Instead of using a fork to fluff before serving, I’ve found that a wire whisk does a much better job.
1 large avocado
1/2 cup couscous
1/4 small red onion, peeled & finely diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 handfuls mixed leaves
Preheat oven to 200C (400F). Cut avocado into quarters, lengthwise, discarding stone and peel. Drizzle with a little olive oil and season generously with salt & pepper. Bake for about 15minutes or until hot and sizzling and starting to go a little golden at the edges.
Meanwhile, place couscous and onion in a heatproof bowl and pour over 1/2 cup boiling water. Season and stir through a tablespoon extra virgin olive oil. Cover and stand until needed.
Whisk together 1 tablespoon lemon juice with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil. Season.
To serve, fluff couscous with a wire whisk or a fork. Toss leaves and couscous through dressing and arrange on a platter or 2 plates. Top with hot avocado.
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