Couscous Salad with Radishes and Pine Nuts
This lively dressing is delicious with a variety of salad greens. Use it with a spring salad mix, green onions, garbanzo beans, and fresh tomatoes. This same dressing can also be used as a marinade for lamb, poultry, shrimp, scallops, and white fleshed fish.
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 tbs Pomegranate Port Reduction Sauce***
3 tsp lime juice
1 tsp rice wine vinegar
1/4 tsp sugar
pinch red chili flakes or to taste
seeds from one half pomegranate (optional)
1/4 cup mint or cilantro, minced
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Place all ingredients in a medium sized bowl except the pomegranate seeds and whisk together. Splash the ingredients over the prepared salad, toss and serve on individual plates. Sprinkle a few pomegranate seeds over the top for a festive look.
- If using as a marinade add a 1/4 cup olive oil. Mix the ingredients except for the pomegranate seeds and place in a large baggie or container. Place the item to be marinated into the baggie. Press out as much air as possible and seal. Massage the mixture into to item in the baggie and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes up to several hours. When cooking use any remaining liquid in the baggie for basting.
Cooking Tips
***Pomegranate Port Reduction Sauce can be purchased online from clubsauce.com. You can substitute pomegranate molasses if available.
***consider adding chunks of pear, pineapple, grapefruit, currants, and nuts such as walnuts or cashews to the salad mix.