Special Occasions Recipes - Morels with Wild Rice Recipe

  
 

Special Occasions Recipes - Morels with Wild Rice Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 2

  • 150 g/5 oz fresh morels, trimmed and halved lengthways, or 25 g/1 oz dried morels plus 125 g/4 oz field mushrooms, trimmed

  • 150 g/5 oz wild rice, rinsed

  • 50 g/2 oz butter

  • 75 ml/3 fl oz double cream

  • 1 tablespoon brandy

  • salt and pepper

Method:

  1. If using dried mushrooms, soak them in a bowl of warm water for 15 minutes, then drain.

  2. Place the wild rice in a saucepan of salted boiling water and cook for 18-20 minutes until the grains begin to split. Drain well.

  3. Meanwhile, melt half of the butter in a heavy-based frying pan, add all the mushrooms and sauté over a moderately high heat for 2-3 minutes.

  4. Season to taste with salt and pepper, add the cream and brandy, then reduce the heat and continue cooking until the liquid has almost all evaporated. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl, cover and keep warm.

  5. Melt the remaining butter in the pan, add the wild rice and reheat, stirring to coat it well with the buttery juices. Season to taste and serve topped with the mushrooms.

Note: Wild rice is actually not a rice at all but a grass native to the Great Lakes region of the USA and Canada. It has a deliciously nutty flavor which complements mushrooms very well.