The Art of Making Couscous From Scratch
The art of making couscous from scratch is worth the time and the muscle.
Tiny Pasta Recipes
Super small pasta like ditalini, acini de pepe and orzo are great for making risotto-style dishes or adding to soups. It’s pretty common to cook orzo like risotto, but the same preparation works great for ditalini, tiny tubular-shaped pasta. Fregola is another type of tiny pasta that comes from Sardinia, and tastes like a cross between pasta and couscous. Here, our best recipes using tiny pasta including macaroni, ditalini and orzo.
Fregola
The bead-shaped pasta fregola gives a nice and chewy base to many dishes. Here, a selection of great fregola recipes, from fregola with charred onions and roasted cherry tomatoes to an easy fregola tabbouleh.
Couscous Salad Recipes
A North African specialty, couscous is a great addition to any salad. Here, we highlight a chicken couscous dish, a Tunisian couscous salad with grilled sausages and more.
Pesto Orzo with Zucchini Ribbons and Bread Crumbs
A vegetable peeler is a great tool to make easy vegetable ribbons.Slideshow:
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Rajas Con Crema Macaroni and Cheese
This quick stovetop mac and cheese is based onrajas con crema, a classic Mexican dish of roasted green chiles sautéed with onion and finished with cream. Canned green chiles make a fine shortcut in this case.Slideshow:
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