Couscous, Goat Cheese, Fresh Fig and Walnut SaladTheWorldWideGourmet.com
Total time: less than 15 min
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: Few minutes or more depending on whether you use pre-cooked couscous
Difficulty: Easy
Nutritional values
per 100 g
per portion
Energy:331.6 kcal
Proteins:6.1 g
Fats:32.5 g
Carbohydrate:27.5 g
Fibers:5.4 g
Sugar:5.8 g
Cholesterol:0 mg
Sodium:1.6 mg
Calcium:35.2 mg
Energy:596 kcal
Proteins:11 g
Fats:58.4 g
Carbohydrate:49.5 g
Fibers:9.7 g
Sugar:10.4 g
Cholesterol:0 mg
Sodium:2.8 mg
Calcium:63.3 mg
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INGREDIENTS
For 4 serving(s)
Quantity
Weight/Volume
Unit
Ingredient
250
ml
durum wheat semolina
125
ml
chopped nuts
5
figs
1
large piece of goat cheese
curly leaf lettuce
*Dressing
125
ml
extra virgin olive oil
45
ml
walnut oil
15
ml
chopped parsley
the pulp squeezed from one fig
METHOD
- Wash the lettuce and tear it up coarsely;
- cut the 4 figs into quarters without cutting through the base; open them up like a flower;
- cook the couscous or prepare the pre-cooked variety; drain and cool;
- make the vinaigrette by combining the two oils, parsley and fig pulp;
- divide the couscous among deep plates; drizzle with vinaigrette; arrange the lettuce leaves all around; sprinkle with walnuts and crumbled goat's cheese; garnish with a fig "flower."
CHEF'S NOTES
This is a very nourishing and vitamin-rich salad.
Fresh goat's cheese (chevre) is soft and creamy, but it becomes stronger, drier and more crumbly as it ages.
