Cranberry Nut Rice Casserole Recipes

CRANBERRY-WILD RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Grease square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches. Place wild rice in wire strainer. Run cold water through rice, lifting rice with fingers to clean thoroughly.
• Heat wild rice and water to boiling in 2-quart saucepan, stirring occasionally; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes; drain.
• Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook onion and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. Mix wild rice and onion mixture in baking dish. Mix broth, salt and garlic; pour over rice mixture.
• Cover and bake 1 1/4 hours. Stir in cranberries. Cover and bake 15 to 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

CRANBERRY WILD RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water and rice to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 50-60 minutes or until rice is tender., In a large skillet, saute the onion, cranberries and thyme in oil until onion is tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain rice if needed; stir in onion mixture and pine nuts.

CRANBERRY AND ALMOND RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until tender and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir cranberries and jasmine rice into onion until rice is coated with oil and rice is lightly toasted, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour chicken broth into skillet and season with kosher salt and black pepper.
• Bring rice mixture to a boil over high heat, then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 22 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat; stir green onions, cilantro, and almonds into rice mixture. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

WILD RICE & CRANBERRY LOAVES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the first seven ingredients and 1-1/2 cups bread flour. In a small saucepan, heat milk, water, molasses and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in cranberries, rice and enough remaining bread flour to form a stiff dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 10 minutes. , Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans, seam side down. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. , Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CRANBERRY WILD RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a saucepan, combine wild rice and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in barley, currants and butter. Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. , Bake, covered, until wild rice and barley are tender, 50-60 minutes. Stir in almonds and cranberries.

CRANBERRY-WALNUT RICE

Steps:

• Heat the butter over medium heat in a saucepot. Add the orzo and toast until golden. Stir in the rice, add the stock and cranberries. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to simmer. Cover and cook until tender, 15 to 18 minutes. Fluff the rice and combine with walnuts and scallions to serve.

WILD RICE WITH CRANBERRIES & PECANS

Steps:

• Combine the rice, barley, salt, broth and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, partially cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 40 minutes.
• If any liquid is still remaining after the rice is cooked, drain the rice.
• Heat the olive oil and saute the onion, garlic, celery and carrot until slightly soft but not brown about 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle with the salt, cover the pan, adjust the heat to med-low and cook the vegetables until crisp-tender, 5 minutes longer.
• Add the sage, thyme and parsley and saute 1 minute more.
• Remove from heat.
• Mix in the rice, the pecans and the cranberries.
• Taste and adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
• Note 1- substitutions: you can substitute any nut for the pecans (try walnuts or hazelnuts).
• You can use all wild rice or all barley.
• Note 2- this recipe was originally a stuffing recipe, but I like it as a side dish.
• You can certainly use it to stuff poultry, though.

CRANBERRY NUT RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Saute onion in butter until tender.
• Add rice and cook until opaque.
• Place rice and onions in an ovenproof casserole with the boiling water, cranberries, and salt and pepper.
• Cover tightly with lid or foil and bake for 20 minutes; test rice- if needed, bake longer until rice is tender.
• Allow casserole to stand, covered, for 10-12 minutes.
• Toast pecans in a pie pan in the oven for about 10-12 minutes; fold nuts and parsley into rice just prior to serving.