Recipe

Wild Rice Salad Recipe

	Pascale / All my dishes 4 months ago I had something similar at the cafe of the Museum of American Indian in Washington, DC. I liked it so much that I went home and reconstructed it, but replaced the cranberries with dried tart cherries. This is one of those recipes where you should use... More Prep:10m Cook:45m Servings:6	Pascale
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Ingredients

1 cup wild rice

3 cups slightly salted boiling water (you may substitute vegetable or chicken stick for a richer taste)

1/4 cup good extra virgin olive oil

1-1 1/4 cup toasted pinenuts

1-1 1/4 cup roasted pumpkin seeds (I use tamari roasted or spicy tamari roasted ones)

1-1 1/4 cup dried tart Montmorency cherries (available at Trader Joe's or substitute dried cranberries if you can't find them)

3-4 tbs finely chopped fresh chives

Freshly ground pepper and salt to taste

Directions

Wash the rice thoroughly; then strain in a strainer.

Add the rice to rapidly boiling water in a heavy saucepan.

Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 35 to 50 minutes or until the kernels just pop open.

Uncover, fluff the rice and simmer 5 more minutes.

Strain any excess liquid.

Place the rice in a bowl in the refrigerator to cool.

Finely chop the chives.

When the rice has cooled, add enough extra virgin olive oil to coat the rice. You want to be generous, but the result should not be greasy.

Mix in the pinenuts, pumpkin seeds and dried tart cherries

Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.

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baron_grayson 4 months ago said:
~sighs~ I think I'll simply cut to the chase and subscribe to you....

-Baron

pascale 4 months ago said:
You'd have another one to drool over, but the darn site logged me out just as I was publishing it. ~yawns~ Must sleep.

Actually, it apparently took... Just added it to the group.

suestonebender 4 months ago said:
This sounds so earthy and delicious. I love wild rice, and tossing in the pine nuts and pumpkin seeds would just make this incredible.

trigger 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Wild about wild rice with pine nuts, the cranberries add another little bit of sunshine to the dish both with color and nutritionally.

Michael

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