Ring of Wild Rice With a Mushroom Sauce

Name: Ring of Wild Rice With a Mushroom Sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8 , 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 cups wild rice, cooked (cook according to package directions); 1/3 cup butter, melted (no margarine); 5 chicken bouillon cubes (5 teaspoons chicken bouillon); 3 scallions, fine chopped (white and green parts); 2 tablespoons flour; 1/2 cup hot water; 2 cups milk; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 2 chicken bouillon cubes (2 teaspoons bouillon); 1 1/2 cups cremini mushrooms, sliced; 1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary, fine chopped; salt; pepper

Submitted by SarasotaCook

"Sounds fancy and it is, but it is actually easy to make. This is not an every night side dish but it is great to serve for a dinner party. It is nothing more than wild rice and a mushroom sauce, but the presentation is just unique. You can make the mold ahead and just cook it the night of your party. The sauce I recommend making when you bake the rice, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes to put together. This is a wonderful side dish as the sauce can also be used to top grilled or roast chicken, cornish hens, pork chops or a pork roast. It simply takes regular wild rice and makes in to a gorgeous side dish for entertaining."

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Ready In:: 2hrs
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 8

ingredients

Rice
6 cups wild rice, cooked (cook according to package directions)
¹⁄₃ cup butter, melted (no margarine)
5 chicken bouillon cubes (5 teaspoons chicken bouillon)
3 scallions, fine chopped (white and green parts)
2 tablespoons flour
¹⁄₂ cup hot water
Mushroom Sauce
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 chicken bouillon cubes (2 teaspoons bouillon)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups cremini mushrooms, sliced
¹⁄₂ teaspoon fresh rosemary, fine chopped
salt
pepper

directions

Rice -- Cook the rice according to package directions.
Base -- Melt the butter over medium heat and add in the flour and stir until well combined. Slowly mix the hot water with the bouillon until well combined and then add to the butter and flour mixture. Add in the rice and turn off the heat and stir well and let it cook for about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
Ring -- I like to use a 6-7" ring or mold. Spray well with a non-stick spray. Press the rice mixture into the mold and press it down good - You would the mixture well packed. I like to make this the day before and then I just have to bake it. Make sure to cover well with saran or plastic wrap and keep in the refrigerator if you are not immediately cooking it.
Bake -- Oven to 350, middle shelf. And here's the trick - fill a 13x9 pan with hot water and put on the bottom shelf, then the rice mold on the middle shelf. This will cause steam and therefore the rice doesn't burn. About 40-50 minutes un-covered. Remove from the oven and cover with foil to let it rest as you make the mushroom sauce.
Sauce -- In a small sauce pan, add the butter and melt on medium heat. Add the mushrooms and saute for 3-4 for minutes until they are tender. Then whisk in the flour and cook just a minute to get rid of the flour taste. Add the chicken bouillon and milk and bring to medium heat until the sauce thickens. Season with the rosemary, salt and pepper.
Serve -- Put the serving tray on top of the rice ring and then flip over. The rice mold should pop right out. I like to drizzle a little of the mushroom sauce over the rice, maybe a few rosemary sprigs in the middle and then a small dish of the mushroom sauce on the side for people to help themselves. The rice mold will cut nicely into wedges. You can serve a little of the sauce over each wedge.
ENJOY a unique side dish!
Cooking and prep time is a mix of cooking the rice and then baking.

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SarasotaCook

Sarasota, Florida

Growing up in Michigan, I spent my summers at my cottage in the Northern part up by Traverscity. On a lake, big garden which had all the vegetables you could imagine. My mom taught school, so summers were our vacation time. Gramps and I fished all the time so fresh fish was always on the menu, perch, blue gill, walleye and small and large mouth bass. At age 5 I learned how to clean my own fish and by 10 I was making dinner, canning vegetables and fruits, making pies and fresh breads. Apples fresh picked every fall, strawberries in June and July, Cherries at the Cherry Festival in Traverscity. So fresh foods always were a big part. Mom worked as a teacher during the year so dinner was more traditional with pot roasts, meatloaf, etc, but it seemed we always had fresh fruits and vegetables as part of the meal. Mom also didn't use as many spices as I do, but times were different back then. So ... My motto is ... There is NO Right and NO Wrong with cooking. So many people thing they have to follow a recipe. But NO ... a recipe is a method and directions to help and teach someone. Cooking is about personal tastes and flavors. I love garlic ... and another person may not. I like heat ... but you may not. Recipes are building blocks, NOT text ground in stone. Use them to make and build on. Even my recipes I don't follow most times --They are a base. That is what cooking is to me. A base of layer upon layer of flavors. I still dislike using canned soups or packaged gravies/seasoning ... but I admit, I do use them. I have a few recipes that use them. But I try to strive to teach people to use fresh ingredients, they are first ... so much healthier for you ... and second, in the end less expensive. But we all have our moments including me. So, lets see ... In the past, I have worked as a hostess, bartender, waitress, then a short order cook, salad girl in the kitchen, sort of assistant chef, head chef, co owner of a restaurant ... now a consultant to a catering company/restaurant, I cater myself and I'm a personal chef for a elderly lady. I work doing data entry during the day, and now and then try to have fun which is not very often due to my job(s). I have a 21 year old who at times is going on 12, aren't they all. Was married and now single and just trying to enjoy life one day at a time. I'm writing a cookbook ... name is still in the works but it is dedicated to those people who never learned, to cook. Single Moms, Dads, or Just Busy Parents. Those individuals that think you can't make a great dinner for not a lot of money. You can entertain on a budget and I want people to know that gourmet tasting food doesn't have to be from a can of soup or a box, and healthy food doesn't come from a drive through. There are some really good meals that people can make which are healthy and will save money but taste amazing. So I guess that is my current goal. We all take short cuts and I have no problem with that - I do it too. I volunteer and make food for the homeless every couple of months, donating my time and money. I usually make soup for them and many times get donations from a local grocery stores, Sams Club, Walmart etc, with broth, and vegetables. It makes my cost very little and well worth every minute I spend. Like anyone, life is always trying to figure things out and do the best we can and have fun some how along the way.

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