Brown Rice And Pine Nut Casserole Recipes

RICE WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan.
• Add onion and sauté until translucent.
• Add cooked rice, pine nuts, lemon juice, dill, mint, salt, and pepper.
• Heat thoroughly.

TUNA, PEA, AND BROWN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Butter a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, mix together the first 5 ingredients.
• Sprinkle the breadcrumbs evenly over the bottom of the casserole dish.
• Transfer the tuna-rice mixture into the casserole dish and spread out evenly.
• Sprinkle cheese evenly over the top.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.

OVEN-BAKED WILD RICE PILAF WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Heat oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat. Add leeks and cook for 5 minutes or unil soft, stirring often.
• Raise heat to medium, add mushrooms and cook for 7 minutes, or until liquid has evaporated and mushrooms begin to brown.
• Srir in garlic and thyme, and cook 1 minute or until fragrant.
• Stir in rice. Add wine and soy sauce, simmer 2 minutes or until almost all of the liquid has been absorbed. Add broth and 1 cup of water and return to a simmer.
• Place lid on Dutch oven and bake 45 minutes. Remove lid, and bake 30 minutes more or until most of the liquid has been absorbed.
• Remove from oven, cover and let stand 5 minutes.
• Fold in peas and pine nuts. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

BROWN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt butter in microwavable casserole dish.
• Add rice, consomme' beef, and french onion soups.
• Cook in microwave for 8 minutes.
• Stir and cook for another 8 minutes or until tender.

WILD RICE PILAF WITH NUTS AND LEMON

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the pine nuts, garlic, zest, and thyme, swirl the pan until the nuts and garlic are beginning to brown, about 2 minutes. Add the wild rice and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until lightly toasted, about 1 minute tops. Stir in the chicken broth and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a rapid simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Check the texture of the rice and, if needed, continue simmering until tender. Add more liquid as needed, another 10 to 15 minutes. (Note: The rice should only just begin to crack when done. If it begins to curl it is overcooked. There are numerous varieties of varying qualities, which affect cooking times greatly.)
• Remove from the heat, scatter the scallions over the surface, fluff with a fork, and remove the herb sprigs and lemon zest before serving. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste.

BROWN RICE STUFFED PORTABELLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, sautee onion, carrot and garlic in olive oil for 5 minutes.
• Add brown rice and pine nuts and saute for another 5 minutes.
• Add broth, raisins and cumin. Cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes.
• Stuff mixture evenly into portabello caps.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 400.

BARLEY AND PINE NUT PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°; rinse the barley in cold water and drain.
• In a medium skillet, heat the butter and brown the pine nuts, be careful, they burn easily so watch them; remove with a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Saute the scallions and barley until the barley is lightly toasted; remove from the heat and stir in the nuts, parsley, salt and pepper- spoon this mixture into an ungreased 2-quart casserole dish.
• Heat the broth to boiling and pour over the barley mixture; stir to blend well, bake, uncovered, for 1 hour and 10 minutes.