Couscous Pie with Green Beans and Cherries with Basil


Servings: 4
Prep time: 20
Cooking time: 5
INGREDIENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Trim the green beans and boil for 5 minutes in abundant salted water, leaving them crisp.
  2. Recover 250 ml of water from cooking the beans, mix a pinch of turmeric and pour boiling hot on the couscous in a bowl, stir quickly but thoroughly, cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
  3. Toast the almonds in a small saucepan over low heat and let cool. Meanwhile, chop the basil and stir in 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil. Then reduce both the cherries in the green beans into small pieces.
  4. Shell couscous with a fork, place it in a tray and mix with green beans, olive oil and chopped basil. Only in the last united cherries.
  5. Form the pies on each plate with the aid of a round mould with a diameter of 10 cm. Press well the couscous and finally decorate with toasted almonds and with other basil.