Brown and Wild Rice Soup

Title:
Brown and Wild Rice Soup

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Soups,
Stews




Ingredients:





     6 tb Butter or margarine


   1/2 c  Shredded carrots


   1/2 c  Sliced green onions; tops


          -and all


   1/2 c  All-purpose flour


     4 c  Chicken stock


     2 c  Brown rice; cooked


   1/2 c  Wild rice; cooked


   1/2 c  Minced ham


   1/4 ts White pepper


   1/4 ts Thyme


     1 c  Half and half


   1/4 c  Toasted slivered almonds


     1 tb Dry sherry; optional






 Melt butter in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Cook onions and carrots


 until crisp-tender. Blend in flour, the gradually add stock. Cook, stirring


 constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil, stirring, one minute. Stir


 in cooked rices, ham, pepper and thyme. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered,


 about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in half and half and sherry. Return


 to heat and simmer another minute. Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with


 almonds.


 


 Recipe by: Prodigy Food & Wine Board


 


 Posted to recipelu-digest by "Crane C. Walden" 
on Feb


 5, 1998