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This interesting [[salad]] combines ingredients from all around the Mediterranean. You could use normal [[couscous]] if you don't have [[barley couscous]]. It's a very quick meal to prepare, most of the time you don't need to be in the kitchen at all!

Yet another [[Gent night]] contender!
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|TotalCalories = 809
|PortionCalories = 202
|DatePublished=22nd January 2013
|Author=Chef
|Servings = Serves 4
|Difficulty = 1
|TotalTime = 20 minutes
|PrepTime = 20 minutes
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====Best recipe review====

''Nicer with normal cous-cous''

4/5

Cheaper, and just as tasty as barley couscous

 [[User:PSmith|Paul R Smith]] 
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 3 or 4 small cooked [[beetroots]], peeled, sliced and roughly chopped. Don't use pickled [[beetroot]].
| 2 smallish [[Red onions|red onions]], finely sliced
| 60ml [[Lemon juice|lemon juice]] (about 1 juicy [[Lemon|lemon]]) or any white [[Vinegar|vinegar]] (ie [[Cider|cider]], [[Rice|rice]] or [[White wine vinegar|white wine vinegar]])
| ½ teaspoon [[Caster sugar|caster sugar]]
| 250g Belazu [[barley couscous]]
| 1 teaspoon Maldon [[Salt|salt]] (or 1/3 teaspoon fine salt)
| a generous [[Grinding|grinding]] of [[Black pepper|black pepper]]
| 2 handfuls of flat [[Parsley leaves|parsley leaves]]
| 150g [[Feta cheese]], crumbled
| 50ml [[Extra virgin olive oil|extra virgin olive oil]]

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===[[Mise en place]]===
* Preheat the [[Oven|oven]] to 200° C (400° F - gas 6)
===Method===

{{RecipeMethod
| Toss the [[Onions|onions]] with the [[Lemon juice|lemon juice]] and [[Sugar|sugar]] and leave them in the [[Fridge|fridge]] for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, put the [[Couscous|couscous]] in a bowl and pour on enough cold water to barely cover, add the [[Salt|salt]] and [[Pepper|pepper]] and mix well. After 5 minutes, when the couscous will have absorbed all the water, add 125ml of hot water and mix well to fluff it up.
| Toss the beetroot chinks , the [[Onions|onions]] and [[Lemon juice|lemon juice]], the [[Parsley|parsley]], half the [[Feta|feta]] and the [[Olive oil|olive oil]]. Mix everything together and divide among 4 plates, then sprinkle the remaining feta on top.
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===Serving suggestions===
This went nicely with some homemade [[pitta breads]] and a small bowl of [[tzaziki]].

(''The Times Saturday magazine'')

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===Belazu products used in this recipe===
* [http://www.mybelazu.com/details/traditional-barley-couscous.html Belazu Traditional Barley Couscous]
==See also==
* [[Beetroot recipes|Our favourite beetroot recipes]]

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