Couscous Stuffing with Currants, Apricots, and Pistachios

Name: Couscous Stuffing with Currants, Apricots, and Pistachios
Yield: Serves 6 (Makes about 3 cups, enough for 6 Cornish hens)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, butter; 1 , small onion, minced (1/2 cup); 2 medium cloves, garlic, minced; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/8 teaspoon, ground turmeric; 1 cup, plain couscous; 1 1/3 cups, chicken stock or low-sodium canned chicken broth; 1/4 cup, dried apricots (8 to 9 whole), chopped fine; 3 tablespoons, dried currants; 1/4 cup, shelled pistachios, toasted and chopped; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley leaves; 1 teaspoon, lemon juice from 1 small lemon

Side Dishes
Pasta
Fruit
Quick

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 1997

This is an especially flavorful stuffing for Cornish game hens.

SERVES 6 (Makes about 3 cups, enough for 6 Cornish hens)

TIME 30 minutes

Couscous Stuffing with Currants, Apricots, and Pistachios

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