Couscous Custard Recipe

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Couscous Custard
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Ingredients
23
Count
Nutrition
901
Calories
Total time
780
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For Crispy Layers:
  2. Have all ingredients ready before you begin.
  3. Lay out one of the kitchen towels, open the filo package, unroll and place on the towel. Cover with the second towel.
  4. Place a whole sheet of filo onto one of the sheet pans, brush with melted butter mixed with honey and sprinkle with pistachios.
  5. Repeat two more times, but on last layer sprinkle with sugar.
  6. Cut into six equal squares.
  7. Place a square into a greased muffin tin, pressing gently down to fit form, leave tips sticking up or slightly laying over.
  8. Bake at 375 degrees until golden and crispy, approximately 10 minutes.
  9. Couscous custard:
  10. Bring the milk to a boil.
  11. Mix couscous, cinnamon, ginger, butter and salt together.
  12. Pour milk over the couscous mixture and mix to break up any lumps.
  13. Bring cream, sugar and vanilla to a boil.
  14. Combine egg yolks in a small bowl, add half of boiled cream to egg yolk mix.
  15. Return egg yolks to boiling cream and whisk until thickened, do not boil.
  16. Strain and pour into couscous mixture, stir and cool.
  17. Return to pot and cook to boil, remove from heat.
  18. Place mixture in bowl, cover with plastic and refrigerate overnight
  19. Quince Compote:
  20. In a medium nonreactive saucepan, combine sugar and water, bring to a boil.
  21. Add quince, cinnamon, cloves and lemon juice, reduce the heat to low.
  22. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until fruit is tender and translucent, remove from heat, pour into bowl to cool.
  23. Strain quince from liquid and puree 1/4 of the quince.
  24. Add the puree to the left over quince and add additional poaching liquid to moisten slightly (to make it a spoonable sauce).
  25. To Assemble:
  26. Place filo dough on plate, spoon some couscous custard into the cup.
  27. Spoon some quince compote onto the plate, garnish with whipped cream, mint and a few berries.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 901.02 Kcal (3772 kJ)
Calories from fat 527.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 58.57g 90%
Cholesterol 287.78mg 96%
Sodium 105.43mg 4%
Potassium 579.34mg 12%
Total Carbs 84.38g 28%
Sugars 52.32g 209%
Dietary Fiber 5.26g 21%
Protein 15.79g 32%
Vitamin C 11.6mg 19%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Calcium 128.5mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 259.43 Kcal (1086 kJ)
Calories from fat 151.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.87g 90%
Cholesterol 82.86mg 96%
Sodium 30.36mg 4%
Potassium 166.81mg 12%
Total Carbs 24.3g 28%
Sugars 15.06g 209%
Dietary Fiber 1.52g 21%
Protein 4.55g 32%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 19%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 0.8mg 16%
Calcium 37mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 22.1
    Points
  • 25
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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