Pilaf Aux Fruits De Mer Molded Rice With Seafood Recipes

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until wilted.
• Add the rice and stir. Add the water, salt and pepper to taste, bay leaf, parsley, thyme and Tabasco. Bring to a boil.
• Cover and cook exactly 17 minutes. Remove the bay leaf and sprigs of parsley and thyme before serving.

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Combine broth, parsley and butter in a saucepan; bring to boil. Stir in rice; cover. Reduce heat; simmer 20 minutes.

CAJUN-STYLE RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Boil sausage in 1/4 cup water for 5 minutes. While the sausage is boiling, remove the shells from the shrimp. Put shells and tails in 2 cups of water. Bring shrimp water to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Grill the sausage links for about 5 minutes or until they are completely cooked through. Brush the shrimp with 1/2 tablespoon oil and grill about 2 minutes per side. Pull off and set aside.
• Heat a medium pot on medium high heat and add vegetable oil, onions, and red pepper. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes or until the onions are translucent. Add Cajun seasoning and rice; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add the Syrah Rose, stir for a few seconds, and strain the shrimp stock into the pot. Once it comes to a boil, turn the heat down to a simmer, cover, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop the shrimp and sausage into bite-sized pieces.
• Once rice is done, add peas, shrimp, and sausage and cook for another 2 minutes to heat through. Add salt and pepper to your taste. Garnish with chopped green onions.

PILAF AUX FRUITS DE MER (MOLDED RICE WITH SEAFOOD)

Steps:

• Melt two tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan and add onehalf cup of the onion. Cook, stirring, until the onion is wilted. Add the rice, water and salt, and stir. Bring to the boil. Cover closely and simmer 17 minutes.
• Meanwhile, put the mussels in a small kettle and add the remaining onions, wine and parsley. Cover closely and bring to the boil. Let cook two minutes, shaking the kettle, until the mussels open. Drain and reserve the cooking liquid. There should be about one and one-half cups. Let the mussels cool.
• Pour the reserved mussel liquid into a saucepan, and add the shrimp and scallops. Bring to the boil and let simmer, stirring, about one minute. Remove the shrimp and scallops with a slotted spoon and strain the liquid. There should be about one and three-quarter cups. Set the seafood aside.
• When the mussels are cool enough to handle, remove the meat and discard the shells. There should be about one and one-half cups.
• Melt two tablespoons of butter in a saucepan and add the shallots. Cook until the shallots are wilted. Add the flour and stir, using a wire whisk. When blended, add the reserved one and one-half cups of cooking liquid, stirring rapidly with the wire whisk. Add one-half cup of heavy cream and bring to the boil.
• Spoon the remaining two tablespoons of heavy cream into a small skillet and add the seafood mixture. Stir just to heat through. Cook just to rid the food of excess liquid.
• Add half a cup of the sauce to the seafood and stir to blend. Add half of the chives and stir.
• Butter a six-cup mold with one teaspoon of butter.
• Spoon about three-quarters of the rice into the mold. Make a hollow in the center of the rice while building up the rice around the inside of the mold, pressing firmly to make it adhere.
• Spoon the seafood, plus one-half cup of sauce, into the center of the rice. Cover with as much of the remaining rice as possible. Press down firmly on the rice to make it adhere.
• Carefully unmold the rice mold onto a round platter.
• To the sauce in the saucepan, swirl in the remaining one tablespoon of butter and the remaining chives. Bring to the simmer. Spoon a small amount of the sauce around the rice mold. Serve with the remaining hot sauce.

RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan and saute onion and garlic until the onion begins to turn translucent. Add rice and stir to coat with oil, onions and garlic, and let rice "toast" lightly. Stir in chicken stock and poultry seasoning and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat and simmer covered until all liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and flake rice.

PILAF-STYLE RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the rice and cook, stirring, until slightly toasted and golden, about 1 1/2 minutes. Stir in the water and salt, bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to medium low and cook for 18 minutes. Then let the rice rest off the heat for 5 minutes¿please don't lift the lid to give a peek or stir, or the rice will not cook evenly. Put the rice in a large serving bowl, fluff and separate the grains with a fork. Add lemon zest and/or thyme, if desired, and serve.

FRUITED RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Cook rice pilaf according to package directions. Stir in the butter until melted. Add the pineapple, raisins and salad dressing. Top with toasted coconut if desired.

A SIMPLE RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium to medium-high heat in the pot you are going to use for cooking your rice.
• Add onions and saute until clear.
• Add chicken base, white pepper and bay leaf.
• Saute for about 1 minute.
• Add rice and saute for about 1 minute more.
• Add water and boulion cubes. (The restaurant used chicken broth).
• I use the Justin Wilson method, described below, for finishing rice.
• Without adjusting heat, let the fluid boil until the tops of the breaking bubles are all the fluid you can see above the rice.
• Cover and remove from heat. DO NOT REMOVE THE LID AT ALL! (That means no peeking, not even once.).
• After a minimum of 20 minutes, your rice is ready. The rice will stay plenty warm for up to an hour, if the lid is not removed until it is time to be served.
• Remove the bay leaf. (It usually finds its way to the top) I like to eat this rice with a sprinkling of Worcestershire Sauce, but it does well without it.

LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE RICE PLILAF

Steps:

• Cook rice using desired method but use chicken broth instead of water.
• Cover the bottom of a skillet with about 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.
• Add the red pepper and onion and pan fry until they are nice and shriveled (about 10 minutes).
• Add the cook riced and fry with the red peppers and onion. Add more oil if necessary.
• Add parsley, and salt and pepper to taste, and cook for a minute or two longer.

PERFECT RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In 1/4 cup butter cook onion, green pepper and mushrooms.
• Set aside.
• In same skillet, heat remaining butter and brown rice slightly.
• Add chicken broth and heat.
• Pour all ingredients into a 1 1/2 qt.
• casserole.
• Cover and bake 40 minutes or until iquid is absorbed.