Orange Couscous with Apricots, Sultanas & Yoghurt

[faffa_70]

Orange Couscous with Apricots, Sultanas & Yoghurt

Converted from www.thebiggestloser.com.au

Ingredients
1 vanilla bean
1 cup low fat plain yoghurt (no sugar)
1 orange  
4 ice cubes
100ml water
2 apricots or another stone fruit, quartered
2 tablespoons sultanas
95g  couscous
extra orange segments for serving (if desired)

Method

Using a sharp knife, scrape the seeds out of the vanilla bean and mix into the yoghurt. Set bean aside.

Place peeled orange and ice into TMX bowl and blend on speed 9 for 30 seconds

Add water, apricots, sultana’s and vanilla bean to bowl and cook for 3 minutes at 80^o on reverse + soft speed

Stir in the couscous on reverse + soft speed.

Leave lid on and let stand for a few minutes until the couscous has absorbed all the liquid.

Divide the warm couscous between two bowls then top with extra orange segments and yoghurt.

Have made this with tinned fruit and it works just as well. Love it with Peaches too

[Thermomixer]

Thanks faffa_70 - great idea.  Like the ice cubes to help break up the orange too. 

[Thermesa]

Made this for breakfast this morning. Only had sweetened yogurt but very refreshing. I added a little extra boiling water when I removed it from the bowl and it fluffed up nicely.

[Hockey Mom]

Oooh, this sounds lovely. Can you please clarify...do you take the orange and ice mixture out before cooking sultanas, apricot and couscous? Thanks.

[Cornish Cream]

I read the recipe as leaving the orange and ice mixture in the TM bowl Hockey Mum.As Thermomixer says the ice breaks down the orange.

[Hockey Mom]

Thanks Cornish Cream...it sounded like that to me too but then at the end it says top with the orange segments so thought maybe you need take oranges out. Will have to try and see enroute what feels right. Thanks!

[Cornish Cream]

I presume the extra orange segments are just for decoration.

[cookie1]

The orange segments are blended on speed 9 for 30 seconds so they would be mushed up. I think perhaps you can use some extra orange segments for decoration.

[faffa_70]

You are right Cookie  I will amend it to say extra Orange segments for serving! I made this again the other week ... looking for something different for breakfast 

[Itsnotartitsdinner]

Yum. Will have to try.