Tunisian Couscous Salad With Grilled Sausages
This comes from one of my food and wine cookbooks. Use whatever kind of sausages you like: hot, mild or a combination. They say to serve this with an australian shiraz. I’m posting it for zwt3. Now i just have to go look up where tunisia is! Lol. (it is in north africa between algeria and libya)
Steps
In a large frying pan with a lid , heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderately low heat.
Add the garlic , couscous , cumin , cayenne , and teaspoon of the salt to the pan.
Cook , stirring occasionally , until the couscous starts to brown , about 3 minutes.
Stir in tomato juice and water.
Bring to a simmer.
Cover , remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
Transfer the couscous to a platter or large glass bowl to cool.
Meanwhile , heat the broiler.
Coat the sausages with tablespoon of the oil.
Broil the sausages , turning occasionally , until completely cooked through , about 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat.
When the sausages are cool enough to handle , cut them into thin slices.
Toss the cooled couscous with the lemon juice and the remaining oil , salt and tomato.
Top with the sausages and cilantro.
Ingredients
olive oil, garlic cloves, couscous, ground cumin, cayenne, salt, tomato juice, water, italian sausage, lemon juice, tomatoes, fresh cilantro