Cous Cous Salad with Raw Vegetables - Antonio Carluccio Foundation

Ingredients

• 200g dried giant couscous
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 celery stalks
• 1 red pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• ¼ cucumber
• 4 spring onions
• 4 asparagus spears
• ½ avocado
• 1 apple
• 1 pear
• Good handfuls of fresh mint and parsley, very finely chopped
• 60ml extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of one lemon
• Ready-made fregola could be substituted for the couscous and the salad, with its mixture of vegetables, it makes a delicious filling for Greek vine leaves.