Couscous Salad with Dried Fruit, Almonds and Mint

Couscous Salad with Dried Fruit, Almonds and Mint : Couscous scented with cinnamon, dried apricots, raisins, toasted almonds and fresh mint. A sweet and crunchy Middle Eastern salad.

• 4 servings
• Preparation 15 min
• Cooking 5 min
• Total 20 min
• Level easy
• Devices TM7 · TM6 · TM5

Ingredients : couscous salad with dried

• 200 g medium couscous
• 250 ml hot vegetable broth
• 50 g dried apricots
• 40 g raisins
• 40 g sliced almonds
• 1 carrot
• 1 handful of fresh mint
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation : couscous salad with dried

1. Pour the couscous into a salad bowl, then add 1 tablespoon of oil and the hot broth.
2. Cover and let swell 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
3. Toast the almonds in a dry skillet until golden.
4. Put the carrot pieces, dried apricots and mint in the bowl and chop coarsely. 5 secspeed 5
5. Add the remaining oil, lemon juice, cinnamon and salt, then mix. 5 secspeed 3
6. Fold everything into the couscous with the raisins and almonds.
7. Let rest 20 minutes in the fridge before serving.

Storage: 2 days in the refrigerator.

You can make this dish stress free with simple ingredients. Allow about 20 minutes in total. All settings (time, temperature, speed and rotation direction) work on the Thermomix TM5, TM6 and TM7. Follow the steps in order and the result will turn out well. You can also download the recipe as a PDF or copy it to Cookidoo and cook it right away.