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Israeli Couscous With Slow Roasted Tomatoes Recipe


Israeli Couscous With Slow Roasted Tomatoes Recipe
This is one of my new favorite side dishes. It's fantastic and so tasty. Slow roasting the tomatoes takes some extra time, but its worth the effort.

Jillk2000

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Ingredients
  • FOR ROASTED TOMATOES AND DRESSING
  • 1 pt red grape or cherry tomatoes
  • 1 large garlic clove, left unpeeled
  • 3 tbs cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 tbs cup warm water
  • 1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/8 tsp. black pepper
  • FOR COUSCOUS
  • 1 1/4 cup vege broth
  • 1 cup pearl (Israeli) couscous
  • 1/2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp. chopped fresh thyme (or a pinch of dried)
  • 1/4 cup kalamata olives, chopped (optional)

Directions
  1. Roast tomatoes and make dressing:
  2. Preheat oven to 250°F.
  3. Halve tomatoes through stem ends and arrange, cut sides up, in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan. Add garlic to pan and roast in middle of oven until tomatoes are slightly shriveled around edges, about 1 hour. Cool in pan on a rack 30 minutes.
  4. Peel garlic and purée with oil, water, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and 1/2 roasted tomatoes in a blender until dressing is very smooth.
  5. Make couscous:
  6. Bring broth to a boil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan and stir in couscous, then simmer, uncovered, 6 minutes. Cover pan and remove from heat. Let stand 10 minutes.
  7. Stir in remaining tomatoes, dressing, oil, olives (if using) and thyme.

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Comments


Kalamata olives couscous and cherry tomatoes! I can't handle it :) what a great recipe thanks so much for the share.

Marie


Love all the Meditteranean flavors here. Thanks.


This recipe looks like it is packed with flavor! Am bookmarking it.


Sounds great. I will be trying this one.
Thanks,
Ferri


Try adding the dressing per your taste. It can reduce the tomato aspect of the dish. This was a hit with my 10-yr old and fussy chef husband.


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