Not a member? Sign up

Forgot your login name or password?

All public Recipes -> Snack -> Croquettes de Couscous et Pois Chiches (Couscous-Chickpea Croquettes)

Croquettes de Couscous et Pois Chiches (Couscous-Chickpea Croquettes)

By: F T.

Description:
Time:	45 min (15 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)
Meal type:	Snack
Ethnicity:	Eastern European
Number of Servings:	24
Ingredients:
0.666667 C Hulled, raw sunflower seeds - (optional) 2 C Cooked and drained chickpeas 1 cup Uncooked couscous 0.5 cup Tomato juice 0.5 cup Dry red wine 3 tablespoon Soy sauce 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 each tb Red wine vinegar 2 tablespoon Dried rosemary 1 tablespoon dried thyme 0.5 tablespoon black pepper 3 tablespoon Minced fresh parsley 3 each Garlic cloves -- pressed 1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions:
If using sunflower seeds, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread seeds on a baking tray. Remove any shells or discolored seeds. Bake to 5-7 min., until seeds smell nutty and darken slightly. Grind seeds in a food processor for 30 seconds until coarsely chopped. Add chickpeas and process until well mixed. Keep mixture in the food processor. In a heavy, 1 qt. pot, combine couscous, tomato juice and red wine. Stir and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 2-3 min., until couscous has absorbed all the liquid. Let sit 5 more minutes. Add cooked couscous to chickpea mixture along with remaining ingr. except oil. Mix well, stopping the processor and scraping down the sides once or twice, until smooth. Lightly oil your hands. Shape 2 to 3 . Tbl. of chickpea mixture between your hands to form a ball. Repeat with remaining mixture until you have 24 balls. Flatten balls to form patties about 2" wide and 1/2" thick. Brush croquettes with olive oil and place on a lightly oiled baking tray. Bake for 15 min, turn the croquettes over, bruth with oil and bake another 10-12 min. * Makes 24 2" croquettes. * These may be served in a sandwich, as an appetizer or as a main dish with pasta and tomato sauce.
Notes:

Search for recipes

Or try Advanced Search

Popular recipes

Pasta Aioli
Majadra
20 minute healthy soup
Broccoli Leek Soup
Cabbage Salad/Salata...

See All Recipes

Add Comment

By: F T.