Warm couscous, sausage and chickpea salad with cherry tomato vinaigrette

warm couscous, sausage and chickpea salad with cherry tomato vinaigrette

This hearty salad I usually make with a simple shallot, lemon and the best extra-virgin olive oil vinaigrette, but since I needed to use cherry tomatoes and didn’t want the salad soggy, it was necessary to get rid of some of the tomato juice without losing the flavor. That is why after I strained and discarded the seeds, I reduced the liquid to a flavorful concentrate and then used it as a base for the vinaigrette. To merry all the flavors and concentrate them, I cooked anchovy filets, the sausages, garlic, chickpeas and even the tomato liquid for the vinaigrette, in the same skillet. Such kind of salad could be made with any pasta or grains, sausages can be substitute with mushrooms for a vegetarian version.

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