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Couscous with Nuts

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Ingredients:
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
3/4 Cup chopped shallots
3 Cups chicken stock
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 1/2 Cups couscous
1/2 Cup toasted pine nuts
1/4 Cup dried currants
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions:
1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan.
2. Add shallots and cook for 3 minutes over med-low heat. 
3. Add chicken stock, pepper and salt and bring to boil. 
4. Turn off heat, stir in couscous, cover the pan and set aside for 10 minutes.
5. Add the pine nuts, currants and parsley and fluff with a fork to combine. 
Notes: Serve hot or warm.  Re-heats nicely too.  The best thing about this recipe is that you can omit the butter, shallots and parsley, and change the pine nuts to pecans, and the currants to dried cranberries, and it is still delicious! 

(serves 4-6)

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