Wild Mushroom Israeli Couscous Recipe
- Serves 6
- 10 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
- 158 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
- 125g Shiitake mushrooms, washed and sliced
- 20g dried porcini mushrooms
- 225g uncooked Israeli couscous
- 700ml vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp basil, roughly chopped
To garnish
- sprigs of fresh basil
Directions
- In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil. Sauté the garlic and onion for 3 minutes. Cook for 5 minutes after adding the sliced mushrooms. Bring to a boil with the vegetable stock and porcini.
- Reduce to a low heat, cover, and cook until the couscous is cooked and the liquids have been absorbed. This will take about 10 minutes. To finish cooking, cover for 5 minutes.
- Taste and adjust seasoning. Fluff up just before serving. Stir in the chopped basil.
- To serve, garnish with sprigs of fresh basil.