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Title: Smoked Turkey and Couscous Rolls
Categories: Cooking liv, Import
Yield: 1 Servings

3 tb Olive oil
Salt
1/2 ts Tumeric
3/4 c Couscous
2 tb Fresh lime juice
1 tb Finely chopped jalapeno
1/4 c Thinly sliced scallion
3 tb Fresh orange juice
3 tb Minced fresh cilantro
Freshly ground black pepper
1 lb Thinly sliced smoked turkey
1 Avocado, halved, pitted,
-peeled and cut into thin
-strips and sprinkled
With lime juice
1 Red bell pepper, cut
-lengthwise into 1/4-inch
-strips

In a small saucepan bring 1 cup water to a boil with 1 tablespoon oil, salt
to taste, and tumeric. Stir in the couscous, cover and let stand for 5
minutes. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, the lime juice, the
jalapeno, the scallion, the orange ju ice, the cilantro, salt and pepper to
taste. Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature. Press about 2
tablespoons of the couscous mixture in the palm of one hand, forming a log,
and arrange it across a short end of 1 turkey slice. Arrange 1 avocado s
lice and 1 pepper strip along each side of the log and roll up the
couscous, avocado, bell pepper tightly in the turkey. With a sharp knife
cut the roll into 1-inch lengths, trimming the ends. Make rolls with the
remaining turkey, couscous mixture, avoca do and pepper strips in the same
manner. The rolls may be prepared 8 hours in advance and kept wrapped in
plastic wrap and chilled.

Yield: about 52 hors d'oeuvres

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8896 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #640 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" on Jun 10, 1997