Featured Recipes - Christmas
Persian Jewelled Rice
This beautifully fragrant and slightly sweet rice dish is great served with cold cuts of turkey or a gammon joint.
Serves 6 - 8
Ingredients
- 275g Basmati Rice
- 18 – 20 saffron threads (1/2 sachet)
- 1 tbspn boiling water
- 1 rounded tspn cardamom pods
- 1 rounded tspn coriander seeds
- 3 tbspn olive oil
- 75g dried cranberries
- 110g raisins
- 50g peeled pistachio nuts
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Rinse the rice in cold water and drain well.
- Mix the saffron with the boiling water and leave to infuse for 10 mins.
- Add rice to large pan of salted boiling water with the cardamom and coriander.
- Bring to the boil and leave to hard simmer for 8 – 10 mins until rice is al dente (soft on outside but firm in centre). Drain in a colander.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan, add the dried fruit and nuts and sauté for 1 min to plump up.
- Stir in the rice and the saffron liquid, season to taste and stir well to combine.
- Serve.
Key:
Persian Jewelled Rice
This beautifully fragrant and slightly sweet rice dish is great served with cold cuts of turkey or a gammon joint.
Serves 6 - 8
Ingredients
- 275g Basmati Rice
- 18 – 20 saffron threads (1/2 sachet)
- 1 tbspn boiling water
- 1 rounded tspn cardamom pods
- 1 rounded tspn coriander seeds
- 3 tbspn olive oil
- 75g dried cranberries
- 110g raisins
- 50g peeled pistachio nuts
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Rinse the rice in cold water and drain well.
- Mix the saffron with the boiling water and leave to infuse for 10 mins.
- Add rice to large pan of salted boiling water with the cardamom and coriander.
- Bring to the boil and leave to hard simmer for 8 – 10 mins until rice is al dente (soft on outside but firm in centre). Drain in a colander.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan, add the dried fruit and nuts and sauté for 1 min to plump up.
- Stir in the rice and the saffron liquid, season to taste and stir well to combine.
- Serve.
Key:
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