COUSCOUS SICILIANA | Recipe Wisdom

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 large Spanish onion, minced
• 2 celery stalks, trimmed and minced
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• Splash of dry white wine
• 1 14-ounce can tomato puree, preferably Italian San Marzano or organic
• 2½ cups Seafood Stock (made with the shells from the shrimp rather
• than fish bones or lobster bodies)
• 1½ pounds large shrimp, peeled (shells reserved for the stock) and deveined
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup couscous
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
• ½ cup slivered almonds, toasted
• ½ cup raisins, soaked in hot water for 10 minutes and drained
• ¼ cup thinly sliced fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 10 large fresh basil leaves, torn into pieces