Cranberry Pilaf Recipes

CRANBERRY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the broth, orange juice and sugar to a boil. Stir in the rice, cranberries and butter. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 5-8 minutes or until water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with almonds.

CRANBERRY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a small saute pan over medium heat, add orzo and toss and cook for five minutes until it is nicely browned. Remove to a plate to cool.
• Use same pan over medium heat and add almonds and cook for three minutes tossing often until they are lightly browned. Remove to a plate to cool and pick out any that browned too much.
• In a 3-quart sauce pan that has a tight-fitting lid, add butter and oil over medium high heat.
• Once melted, add onions, celery and garlic and saute for four minutes.
• Lower heat to medium, add the raw white rice and stir into the onion celery mixture. Cook for two minutes stirring often then add the thyme, pepper, zest, cranberries and the browned orzo and stir and cook for one minute.
• Add the stock, orange juice and minced parsley stems and bring to a boil. Then reduce to low, cover and cook fifteen minutes. (I leave my pan half off the heat to make sure the rice does not stick if the liquid evaporates too quickly)
• After 15 minutes, remove cover, fluff with a fork and stir in the chopped parsley leaves and reserved almonds.
• Fluff again, taste for seasoning and serve.

CRANBERRY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt Parkay in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add rice; cook 3 minutes or until rice starts to turn golden brown, stirring frequently.
• Carefully add broth, juice, cranberries, thyme and salt to skillet; bring to a boil. Cover skillet, reduce heat to medium-low and cook 18 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in green onions.

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.

ALMOND CRANBERRY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the almonds and cook, stirring constantly, until golden and nutty smelling, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and reserve.
• Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in the saucepan and add the onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the rice and cranberries and cook, stirring, until well coated, about 1 minute. Add the chicken broth, 1 1/2 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste, and increase the heat to medium-high. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to low. Cook until all the liquid has been absorbed, about 18 minutes. Take off the heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Stir in half of the reserved almonds and the parsley, and season with salt and pepper. Garnish with the remaining toasted almonds.

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, SPROUT & PECAN PILAF

Steps:

• Put the rice in a bowl, cover with cold water and leave to soak for 1 hr. Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp oil in a large pan, add the onion and cook for 10 mins, stirring now and then, until caramelised. While the onion cooks, whizz the ginger, garlic, coriander stalks, spices, lemon juice and zest to a paste in the small bowl of a food processor. Tip into the pan and fry for 5 mins more until aromatic. Scoop the paste and onion out of the pan and set aside, then heat 1 tbsp more oil. Add the sliced sprouts and cook for 8-10 mins, stirring, until softened. Add the paste back to the pan and cook everything together for 1 min more.
• When the rice has had its soaking time, drain and tip into a pan, cover with fresh water and season with salt. Simmer for 5 mins until just softening, then drain.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the halved sprouts in a roasting tin with 1 tbsp oil and season well. Roast for 20-25 mins, shaking the pan now and then, until the edges are starting to brown and the sprouts are tender.
• Meanwhile, mix the rice in the pan with the sliced sprouts, the onion and paste. Add the pecans and all the cranberries, season and mix well. Heat the butter and remaining oil in the pan you cooked the rice in, then tip in the rice mixture and flatten the surface. Poke 3 steam holes in the rice with a wooden spoon, and turn the heat to almost its lowest setting. Cover the pan with a tea towel, then a lid, and cook for 20 mins until the rice is cooked through - if it is still a little firm to bite, re-cover and cook for a further 5 mins. To serve, tip the cooked rice onto a serving platter, mixing any crunchy bits from the bottom of the pan. Scatter over the roasted sprouts and coriander leaves, and serve with a pot of natural yogurt.

CRANBERRY RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Add chicken broth and wild rice blend to a medium saucepan. Turn heat to medium high until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low, add the lid and simmer for 45 minutes. Do not remove the lid during cooking time.
• While the rice cooks, add butter to a large 12" skillet over medium heat. Add the stick of butter to a large 12" skillet and turn on the heat to medium. Add the diced shallots and cook for 3 minutes until translucent.
• Add the diced apples, cranberries and pecans and turn off the heat. Stir gently to combine.
• Once the rice has cooked, stir the rice into the skillet and mix. Sprinkle with the fresh herbs and season with salt and pepper to taste.

CRANBERRY WILD RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring 6 cups of the broth and 6 cups of water to a boil; add wild rice and return to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender but firm, about 35-40 minutes.
• In another saucepan, saute the onions in the butter until tender, about 10-12 minutes.
• Add the spices and stir until aromatic, then add the remaining broth and 3 cups of water, the cranberries, raisins, and orange zest.
• Season with salt and pepper, bring to a boil, then add the white rice and reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Drain the wild rice.
• Remove the bay leaves from the white rice and discard.
• Mix together both rices and stir in the pine nuts; adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Serve hot.

CRANBERRY PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter in a covered saucepan; saute onion until transparent.
• Add parsley.
• Combine bouillon cubes and boiling water.
• Add to onion and parsley.
• Stir in rice; bring mixture to a boil.
• Add cranberries.
• Simmer, covered, for 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

CRANBERRY PILAF

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the ginger-garlic paste and 5-spices. In a medium bowl, soak the rice in the water, about 30 minutes.2. Heat the oil in a large nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat and cook the cinnamon, cardamom pods, panch-phoran, and black pepper until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes.3. Mix in the ginger-garlic paste and cranberries and stir about 2 minutes. Then add the rice with the water it was soaking in and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to the lowest setting, cover the pan (partially at first, until the foam subsides, then snugly), and cook until all the water has been absorbed and the rice is done, 12 to 15 minutes.4. Lightly fork in the jaggery and cilantro, and allow the rice to rest undisturbed about 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter, fluff with a fork, and serve.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

RICE AND CRANBERRY PILAF

Steps:

• Pour broth and juice into medium saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat.
• Stir in rice and cranberry sauce; return to boil. Cover.
• Remove from heat. Let stand 5 min. Stir in almonds.