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Recipe: Wild Rice Bowl with Dried Cranberries
posted by Mighty Staff
There are a lot of reasons to crave wild rice. It is beautiful, nutty, and has a nice bite to it. It goes well with smoky foods and fruits, and somehow lends a sense of seriousness and sophistication to a plate - an element that is often hard to come by.
Look for wild-rice with extra-long grains, it's often the highest quality and a fun change from traditional-length rice grains. Have you seen the wild rice grains that are over an inch long!?
Here's a favorite wild rice recipe, a wild rice bowl with dried cranberries and toasted pine nuts.
Wild Rice Bowl with Dried Cranberries
2 cups wild rice, washed and drained
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted in a dry pan
1 cup red onions, slivered
1/2 cup dried cranberriesGarnish; more slivered red onions, crumbled Smart Bacon - both look beautiful next to the natural shades of the wild rice.
Fill a large pot pot with generously salted water. Add the wild rice and boil, uncovered for 55 minutes or so. You will know the rice is done when many of the grains are cracked open and tender, revealing the lighter inside.
Remove from the heat and drain off the water. Stir in the pine nuts, red onions, and dried cranberries. Garnish with more onions and the bacon.
This is fantastic served hot or cold.
Serves 4 to 6.
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Fran said:
Mark said:
When I read this, it sounded like a delicious dish I had at the Smithsonian's Mitsitam Cafe a couple week's ago during a trip to D.C.
Online sources give the ingredients as wild rice, watercress, carrots, pumpkin seeds, and pine nuts. I could have sworn there were cranberries in there -- perhaps the recipe has changed, or perhaps I remember the cranberries from an adjacent food on my sampler dish.
The wild rice "grains" were huge -- I'd never seen the big ones before.
Amanda said:
This recipe looks great. But you might want to take off the "and the bacon" garnish suggestion.
Jen G. said:
The Smart Bacon is actually veg-friendly (and quite tasty).
This recipe contains ingredients that I really love. The idea of adding tart cranberries along with the texture of the wild rice and pine nuts is wonderful.