Bored with your usual breakfast routine and seeking something fresh to tantalise your taste buds? Well, Jamie Oliver could have the perfect solution.
The celebrity chef has divulged some of his top breakfast recipes over on his website, including an intriguing take on couscous, reports Surrey Live. Contrary to popular belief that couscous is strictly for dinner menus, Jamie claims its not just a savoury staple.
“It actually makes a beautifully tasty and easy healthy breakfast recipe,” he explained. “When mixed with dried fruits, nuts and spices; and served with seasonal fruit; it’s utterly delicious. Just add warm milk.
“Couscous lends itself perfectly to being eaten for breakfast. It can be steamed in a couscoussiere or simply left to soak in boiling water for 10 minutes, then fluffed up with a fork.”
For those eager to give Jamie Oliver’s healthy breakfast couscous a whirl, here are the details you need. The recipe is designed to serve four to six people and takes a mere 20 minutes to make.
Detailed nutritional information for each serving is available on the chefs website.
Jamie Oliver’s breakfast couscous
Ingredients
- 200g couscous
- 30g raisins
- 30g flaked almonds
- 30g pine nuts
- 30g shelled unsalted pistachios
- 2-3 pinches of ground cinnamon (to taste)
- 2-4 tablespoons icing sugar (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon rosewater (optional)
- 1 orange (optional)
- 200ml skimmed milk
Method
- First, prepare the couscous by placing it in a bowl and covering it with 500ml boiling water. Leave it to stand for 10 minutes, until the water is absorbed before fluffing it up with a fork.
- Soak the raisins in lukewarm water for 15 minutes until softened, then drain.
- Place the almonds and pine nuts in a dry frying pan over a medium heat and toast them. Stir for two to three minutes, until golden brown.
- Roughly chop up the pistachios and add to the couscous. Then, add the raisins, almonds, pine nuts, cinnamon, sugar and rosewater (if using) and toss together gently.
- Serve warm or at room temperature with a few gratings of orange zest (optional) to garnish. Warm and serve the milk on the side for pouring over.