Pistachio Fruit Couscous

By Jody Vassallo

Pistachio Fruit Couscous
Pistachio Fruit Couscous recipe, brought to you by MiNDFOOD.

Serve Pistachio Fruit Couscous for breakfast. For a wheat-free version of this breakfast, replace couscous with rice flakes or quinoa, although you may need to increase the quantity of orange juice.

Pistachio Fruit Couscous Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 cup couscous

1 cup orange juice

½ cup dried apricots, chopped

6 dried pitted prunes, chopped

30g ghee

1 tbsp honey

2 tbsp raisins

100g red grapes, sliced

100g strawberries, chopped

100g papaya, chopped

½ tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp ground cardamom

2 tbsp LSA (linseed, sunflower, almonds)

50g pistachios, roughly chopped

Greek yoghurt, to serve

honey, to serve

Method:

Place couscous in a bowl. Place orange juice, dried fruit and ghee in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to the boil. Remove from heat. Add honey and stir to combine. Pour over the couscous and allow to stand for 15 minutes or until the all the liquid has been absorbed.

Using a fork, fluff the couscous to separate the grains. Add raisins, grapes, strawberries, papaya, cinnamon, cardamom, LSA and pistachios and stir to combine. Serve couscous with yoghurt and honey.

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