Name: North African Pea Soup with a Couscous Mev
Ingredients: 1 1/4 c Dried yellow split peas; 5 c Low-sodium vegetable stock; (see recipe); 1 ts Harissa (see recipe); divided; 1 Peeled garlic clove; bashed and chopped; 8 oz Medium turnips; peeled and diced; 16 Tiny onions; peeled; 2 c Mustard green; kale leaves,or turnip green, rolled, cut in thin strips; 1 Sprig fresh rosemary; 2 c Couscous; cooked; 1/8 ts Salt; 2 c Water; 1/4 c Shelled pistachio nuts; roughly chopped; 1/2 c Currants

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	North African	Mev recipe, Swift soups	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Dried yellow split peas
5	c	Low-sodium vegetable stock; (see recipe)
1	ts	Harissa (see recipe); divided
1		Peeled garlic clove; bashed and chopped
8	oz	Medium turnips; peeled and diced
16		Tiny onions; peeled
2	c	Mustard green; kale leaves,or turnip green, rolled, cut in thin strips
1		Sprig fresh rosemary
2	c	Couscous; cooked
1/8	ts	Salt
2	c	Water
1/4	c	Shelled pistachio nuts; roughly chopped
1/2	c	Currants

INSTRUCTIONS

MEV
FOR THE SOUP 1. Combine the split peas and vegetable stock in a large
saucepan. Bring to a boil, turn down heat, and simmer briskly for 15
minutes.
2. While the peas are cooking, combine 3/4 of the powdered harissa spices
with the garlic, mashing it thoroughly with a knife. Set aside in a small
bowl.
3. Add the turnips and onions to the stock and cook 15 minutes more. Stir
in the garlic and harissa mixture and the mustard greens. Lay the rosemary
on the top and cover to keep warm.
FOR THE MEV: 1. Bring the water to a boil; stir in the remaining harissa,
couscous, and salt. Remove from the heat and let it stand for 5 minutes.
2. Fluff the couscous with a fork and add the pistachios and currants. Fill
MEV or other 1-cup molds with the couscous mixture and press down hard.
TO SERVE 4 PEOPLE: Remove the couscous from the molds and set in the middle
of 4 hot soup bowls. Discard the rosemary sprig and ladle the soup around
the couscous. Dust with just a little more harissa.
NOTES : Please look at the description of MEVs, an acronym for Molded
Ethnic Vegetables, in the Every Modern Means book before you attempt this
recipe.
Recipe by: Copyright c 1996 by Kerr Corporation
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Valerie Whittle" <catspaw@inetnow.net> on Feb
27, 1998

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