Ultimate winter couscous | Recipe Cloud App

Ingredients

• 2 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
• 2 medium parsnips, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
• 8 shallots, peeled
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 star anise
• 3 bay leaves
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground turmeric
• ¼ tsp hot paprika
• ¼ tsp chilli flakes
• 300g pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
• 75g dried apricots, roughly chopped
• 200g chickpeas (canned or freshly cooked)
• 350ml chickpea cooking liquid and/or water
• 170g couscous or maftoul
• large pinch of saffron threads
• 260ml boiling vegetable stock
• 20g butter, broken into pieces
• 25g harissa paste
• 25g preserved lemon skin, finely chopped
• 30g coriander leaves
• salt