Pistachio couscous with lamb salmon and caramelized carrots

AUTHOR
Kate Willis
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
25 mins
TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 collar (about 750 g) small carrots
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Sugar
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS light balsamic vinegar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 600 g Lamb salmon
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 250 ml Vegetable broth
  • 200 g Couscous
  • 25 g crushed pistachio kernels
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chervil

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel the carrots, clean them, leave some green, wash them. Blanch the carrots in boiling salted water for about 2 minutes. Melt butter and sugar in a large pan until golden brown. Deglaze with vinegar and 200 ml water and bring to the boil.

  2. 2

    Cook the carrots for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Wash the meat, dab dry and season with salt. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Brown the meat all around for about 2 minutes.

  3. 3

    Finish cooking in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 5 minutes. In the meantime, peel and finely dice the onion and garlic. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a saucepan. Sauté onion and garlic in it.

  4. 4

    Add stock and 2 tablespoons of oil. Stir in the couscous, remove from heat and let it swell for about 5 minutes. Mix couscous and pistachios, loosen with a fork. Cut lamb into slices and arrange on plates with carrots and couscous.

  5. 5

    Garnish with chervil.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
630 kcal
CARBS
51 g
FATS
31 g
PROTEINS
36 g

Categories & Tags

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