Couscous d’agneau

In France, couscous is the national dish! The French absolutely love it. When I was in the army doing my national service in Toulon, the way to please our superiors was to make a couscous.

A good couscous is a beautiful thing, yet like so many dishes that have migrated, it can be done badly. A proper couscous is a labour of love. It begins with the grains themselves – traditionally, women roll the mixture of coarse semolina (farina), semolina flour and water in their hands to make t