Date-berry Sweet Couscous Tart

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 egg (beat one egg and use half here and the other half in the filling)
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup pistachios (chopped fine)
• 2 cups orange juice (divided)
• 2 cups water (divided)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 (10 ounce) box couscous
• 15 dates
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (packed)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 eggs (beaten lightly)
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 cups strawberries, roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate (ground, chopped, or slivered)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 butter pan lightly.
• 3 crust:.
• 4 cream butter and sugar together.
• 5 add vanilla and egg, beat for 2 minutes with electric beater on medium.
• 6 slowly add flour and mix well.
• 7 stir in pistachios.
• 8 press into tart pan and up sides. i had about 1/2 cup too much and just put into muffin tins.
• 9 filling:.
• 10 using a medium pan, put in 1 cup orange juice, 1 cup water and 1 tablespoon butter.
• 11 bring just to boil and stir in couscous.
• 12 cover, remove from heat for 5 minutes. put in large bowl, fluff up with a fork, and allow to cool.
• 13 remove seeds from dates.
• 14 put dates in small pan and cover with 1 cup orange juice and 1 cup water.
• 15 simmer for 20 minutes, drain, remove any loose skins, allow to cool, chop fine (or mash), put in separate bowl.
• 16 add brown sugar, cinnamon, eggs and yogurt.
• 17 mix corn starch in cream and add to bowl.
• 18 mix all together until well blended.
• 19 pour into couscous and mix well.
• 20 stir in strawberries.
• 21 pour into crust and bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
• 22 sprinkle top with chocolate and bake another 5 minutes.
• 23 cool and refrigerate.
• 24 serve cold.