Name: Bulgur, grilled carrots and broccoli, capers, pecans and lemon
Yield: For 6 as a starter or side dish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp capers, rinsed and patted dry; 60 g (2¼ oz./scant ⅔ cup) pecans, toasted and roughly chopped; 30 mint leaves, shredded; 1 large lemon, peel and pith removed, pips discarded, flesh diced; 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 3 tbsp olive oil; 500 g (1 lb. 2 oz.) tender-stem broccoli, ends trimmed, cut in half lengthways; 200 g (7 oz./scant 1 cup) bulgur wheat, rinsed and drained; 3 carrots, peeled and sliced 5 mm (¼ in.) thick on an angle

Preparation info

For
6
as a starter or side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Savour

By Peter Gordon

Published 2016

About

Bulgur is a wheat grain, which is steamed whole, then dried and broken into pieces. Because it has already been cooked, it is generally just soaked in boiling water. It comes in several grades, from fine to coarse, but medium works best here. Bulgur can be substituted with cracked wheat in this recipe, but it’s worth pointing out that they’re not the same thing: cracked wheat is made from dried uncooked wheat grains that have been crushed; they’re generally larger pieces and they definitely