{"id":15831,"date":"2014-09-05T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T22:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15831"},"modified":"2015-06-16T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T22:16:54","slug":"israeli-couscous-with-roasted-butternut-squash-and-preserved-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15831","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Couscous with Roasted Butternut Squash and Preserved Lemon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8075a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15835\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8075a.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8075a\" width=\"472\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8075a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_8075a-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a>1 preserved lemon<br \/>\n1 1\/2 pound butternut squash, peeled and seeded, and cut into 1\/4-inch dice<br \/>\n3 T. olive oil<br \/>\n1 large onion, chopped<br \/>\n1 3\/4 C. Israeli couscous or acini di pepe (tiny peppercorn-shaped pasta), about 1 pound<br \/>\n1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick<br \/>\n1 C. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley<br \/>\n1\/2 C. pine nuts, toasted<br \/>\n1\/2 C. golden raisins<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. ground cinnamon<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 475\u00c2\u00b0F. Halve lemons and scoop out flesh, keeping both flesh and peel. Cut enough peel into 1\/4-inch dice to measure 1\/4 C.. Put lemon flesh in a sieve set over a bowl and press with back of a spoon to extract juice. Toss squash with 1 T. oil and salt to taste in a large shallow baking pan and spread in 1 layer. Roast in upper third of oven 15 minutes, or until squash is just tender, and transfer to a large bowl. Cook onion in 1 T. oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to turn golden. Add to squash. Cook couscous with cinnamon stick in a large pot of boiling salted water 10 minutes, or until just tender, and drain in a colander (do not rinse). Add couscous to vegetables and toss with 2 T. oil to coat. Add lemon peel and juice, parsley, nuts, raisins, ground cinnamon, and salt to taste. Toss to mix well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 preserved lemon 1 1\/2 pound butternut squash, peeled and seeded, and cut into 1\/4-inch dice 3 T. olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 3\/4 C. Israeli couscous or acini di pepe (tiny peppercorn-shaped pasta), about 1 pound 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick 1 C. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1\/2 C. pine nuts, toasted 1\/2 C. golden raisins 1\/4 tsp. ground cinnamon Preheat oven to 475\u00c2\u00b0F. Halve lemons and scoop out flesh, keeping both flesh and peel. Cut enough peel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15831\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[108],"class_list":["post-15831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-starches","tag-preserved-lemon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15836,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15831\/revisions\/15836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}