How I like these types of recipes at this time of year! The Baked Vegetables They are part of my menus throughout the year, but it is now when I get the most out of them. Cut, add the spices that we like the most and take to the oven. It's all we have to do to have a big plate on the table.
This couscous with roasted vegetables it can be prepared with a wide variety of vegetables. In this case, four have been chosen: onion, pepper, carrot and cauliflower. All of them have a different cooking time; so if you like all the vegetables to be soft you will have to blanch / cook some of them first.
Couscous recipe with roasted vegetables
We have previously blanched the cauliflower; two minutes in boiling water may be sufficient if you like crisp vegetables. You can do the same with the carrot if you want. After and before taking them to the oven, it will be enough for you to dress them with olive oil and incorporate some spices. I'll tell you how I did it!
- 1 small onion
- 1 Italian green pepper
- ½ red pepper
- Carrots 4
- ½ large cauliflower
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- A pinch of freshly ground black pepper
- A pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon turmeric + extra
- ½ teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 cup of couscous
- We chop the onion and peppers roughly.
- We peel the carrots and we cut into slices.
- Next, we divide the cauliflower into florets and the we scald in water. Two or three minutes in boiling water if we like vegetables a little crisp.
- In a baking tray we put the olive oil, the spices and salt and pepper to taste. We incorporate the vegetables and with our hands we mix so that they are well impregnated with both the oil and the spices.
- We spread the vegetables on the tray and sprinkle with a little turmeric extra.
- Bake at 220ºC for 20 minutes. The ovens are very different and our tastes regarding the texture of the vegetables are also very different, so you will have to adjust the times.
- One minute before removing the vegetables, we cook the couscous following the manufacturer's instructions. Normally, by pouring boiling water over the couscous (in the same amount) and letting it absorb it for a few minutes.
- We serve everything in a large platter and let's eat! "