- 75g wholewheat couscous
- 2 yellow peppers
- 1 spring onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 200g spring greens
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 40g tahini
- 1 lemon
- 50g lamb's lettuce
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 150ml boiling water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1.
Heat your oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4. Tip the couscous into a heatproof bowl and pour in 150ml boiling water. Swirl a few times with a fork, then cover the bowl with a plate and set aside to soak.
- 2.
Halve the peppers lengthways. Scoop out the seeds and white pith. Pop them on a baking tray, cut-side up, and roast for 10 mins to soften them up a little.
- 3.
While the peppers roast, trim the roots off the spring onion and finely slice it, both the white and green parts. Pop them in a large bowl. Peel and finely chop 1 of the garlic cloves and add to the spring onion. Strip the spring green leaves off their thick cores. Roughly chop the spring green leaves and add them to the bowl.
- 4.
Add 1 tbsp oil to the spring greens with a big pinch of salt and pepper. Use your hands to massage the leaves, mixing them with the garlic and spring onion, and coating everything in the seasoned oil.
- 5.
The couscous should have soaked up all the water by now. Fluff it up with a fork, then tip it into the spring greens. Toss to mix.
- 6.
The peppers should have roasted for 10 mins by now. Take them out of the oven. Spoon the couscous and spring green stuffing into the peppers. Sprinkle ½ tbsp sesame seeds over each pepper half. Slide them back into the oven and roast for 20 mins till the peppers are tender and the greens are a little crisp at the edges.
- 7.
While the peppers roast, pop the tahini in a bowl. Squeeze in the juice from half the lemon. Peel and crush the remaining garlic clove and add that to the bowl with a pinch of salt and 2 tbsp water. Stir together to make a smooth sauce – it will be lumpy to start with, but keep stirring and it will thin out.
- 8.
Pop the lamb's lettuce into a bowl and toss with 1 tbsp red wine vinegar and a pinch of salt and pepper. Serve the peppers drizzled with the tahini sauce and the salad on the side.