Cous Cous with the Chermoula Sauce

(WTNH) - Chef Queen serves up Cous Cous with Chermoula Sauce.

Cous Cous with the Chermoula Sauce

Using Mortar & Pestle:    
2 Cups of Cilantro & 1 ½  Flat Leaf Italian Parsley, Rough Chopped  
4 Cloves Garlic, minced  
2 tsp Fresh grated Ginger
1 Tbls. Sea Salt  & Fresh Cracked Pepper
1 Tbls. Cumin Seeds & 1 ½ tsp. Coriander Seeds, Popped & Ground
1 Tbls. Sweet Paprika  
Pinch Cayenne & Pinch Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Juice of 1 Lemon & Zest of ½ Lemon ( Can use preserved lemon)

Begin with Garlic, Ginger & Salt…Mash together, add tomatoes, mash,add cilantro and parsley in handfuls, keep mashing to dissolve, then add popped spices, keep mashing, add paprika, chili flakes, cayenne, lemon juice, zest, mash to marry everything then finish with EVOO, Sea Salt & Fresh Cracked Pepper. This sauce develops as it stands and can be refrigerated with a film of EVOO on top; sealed with plastic wrap.  This sauce goes well with fish, chicken, vegetables or folded into pasta, rice or cous cous or bread dip.  It is a versatile marinade or condiment used widely in North Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.

Adjust the taste as you desire!  
 
Cous Cous with Golden Raisins, Apricots & Almonds  
2 Cups H20
1 Cup Cous Cous (can use Quinoa for Gluten Free)  
2 Tbls. Blood Orange EVOO  
1 tsp minced Garlic  14 Cup Golden Raisins
¼ Cup Diced Dried Apricots  
1/3 Cup Chopped Flat Leaf Parsley  
¼ tsp. Cr. Red Pepper Flakes  
2 pinch Good Saffron stamins (not powder)            
1 tsp. Sea Salt  
1 Tbls. Fresh Sq. Orange Juice & Zest of ½ tsp.
Fresh Orange Zest  
2 TBls. Blood Orange EVOO or any Organic EVOO
1 tsp. Cumin, ½ tsp. Cinnamon & ¼ tsp. White Pepper  

Procedure:
Add Garlic & Dried fruit to 2 C. Boiling H20, pour enough hot liquid over cous cous in stainless steel bowl and cover immediately with plastic wrap; let stand for 30-40 minutes.  Uncover, fluff with a fork  and add remaining ingredients…adjust seasonings according to your personal preferences.  Serve with Butternut Squash cubes & Ceci Beans topped with Chermoula Sauce!  An extraordinary herbaceous taste explosion!  So green, so good!