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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Moroccan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place raisins in a sml bowl & cover w/warm water. Let soak for 10 min, drain & set aside. | 2. Crush saffron & salt together in a mortar & pestle until a coarse powder forms. (Alternatively, place saffron & salt on a cutting board & use the flat side of a chef’s knife to grind into a coarse powder.) Then combine w/ginger, turmeric, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon & pepper in a sml bowl. | 3. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil & butter in a Dutch oven over med-heat. Add the spice mixture & cook (stirring) until the mixture starts to foam. Add onions, sugar & the plumped raisins. Cook (stirring occ) until the onions turn light brown (20-25 min). Add 1 cup broth & nestle fish into the onion mixture. Cover & cook until the fish is flaky (8-10 min). Remove from the heat & season w/pepper. Cover & set aside. | 4. Meanwhile, heat canola oil in a sml skillet over med-high heat. Add almonds & cook (stirring) until just beginning to turn golden (about 1 min). Drain on paper towels. | 5. Bring the remaining 1 1/3 cups broth & the remaining 2 tbsp olive oil to a boil in a sml saucepan. Add couscous in a stream. Stir once, cover, remove from heat, let stand 5 min & fluff w/a fork. | 6. To serve: Mound the couscous on a shallow platter. Top w/the fish & onion t’faya & sprinkle the almonds on top. | 7. “INGREDIENT NOTE: The dried stigma from saffron adds flavor & a golden color to a variety of Middle Eastern, African & European foods. Find it in the spice section of supermarkets, gourmet shops & at tienda.com. It will keep in an airtight container for several yrs.”. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
raisin	1/2	cup		249.15	65.604	2.7968	0.3795
olive oil	4	tablespoons	divided	477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
saffron thread	8			-	-	-	-
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
ginger	1	teaspoon		1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
allspice	1/2	teaspoon		2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
nutmeg	1/2	teaspoon		5.775	0.5422	0.0642	0.3994
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
onion	3			180.0	42.03	4.95	0.45
sugar	1	tablespoon		55.062	13.7724	0.0	0.0
chicken broth	2 1/3	cups	divided reduced sodium	182.28	4.41	25.9896	6.1152
halibut	2 1/2	lb	skinned cut	1031.3357	0.0	210.3471	15.0734
canola oil	1	tablespoon		123.76	0.0	0.0	14.0
almond	1/2	cup	sliced	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
wheat couscous	1	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.