Earthy Delights Recipe
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Wild Rice & Chanterelle Salad with Dried CherriesThere are many summer days when I don't want to grill, but I do want
to dine well. This salad, a glass of very cold and very dry white
wine, plus a crusty loaf of bread, fill the bill elegantly. Take a
little care when serving it. I recommend an al fresco setting, a
lighted candle in a hurricane lamp, and some good music.
Ingredients:
8 cups water
2 cups wild rice
2 teaspoons Sea salt, or to taste
1 bay leaf
12 sprigs thyme
4 teaspoons grape seed
oil
2 pounds fresh
Chanterelle mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed, and chopped
Vinaigrette
1/2 cup extra virgin olive
oil
6 tablespoons aged Balsamic
vinegar
4 large shallots, sliced very thinly
2 teaspoons fennel seeds
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 teaspoons fresh thyme, coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 cup dried
cherries
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 pound stemmed arugula
8 ounces fresh white goat cheese, crumbled (about one cup)
Preparation:
Wash the rice thoroughly under cold water for about two minutes.
Bring the water to a boil and add the salt and herbs. Add the wild
rice and simmer for bout 40 minutes, or until it's tender. Drain the
rice. Remove the bay leaf and they thyme and allow the rice to cool.
Heat the grapeseed oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add
the mushrooms and cook until browned, stirring occasionally. Remove
from the heat, drain, and set aside.
Whisk the olive oil, vinegar, shallots, fennel, cumin, thyme, and
pepper together with a whisk. Taste, and season with salt to taste.
Add the dried cherries.
Combine the rice in a salad bowl with the mushrooms and walnuts.
Toss with the vinaigrette and cherries.
Serve the rice on a platter topped with the greens and sprinkled
with goat cheese.
Directions:
There are many summer days when I don't want to grill, but I do want
to dine well. This salad, a glass of very cold and very dry white
wine, plus a crusty loaf of bread, fill the bill elegantly. Take a
little care when serving it. I recommend an al fresco setting, a
lighted candle in a hurricane lamp, and some good music.