Saffron Rice with Wild Mushroom Sauce

Title:
Saffron Rice with Wild Mushroom Sauce

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Meatless,
Entree




Ingredients:




--------------------------------SAFFRON
RICE--------------------------------


     1 tb Extra virgin olive oil


     1    Onion; minced


 1 1/4 c  Arborio rice


   1/4 c  Dry white wine


     3 c  Chicken broth


     1 tb Unsalted butter


     2 ts Saffron


     1 tb Grated Grana Padano; or


          -Parmigiano Reggiano


          Salt


     1    Egg; beaten to blend


     3 oz Fontina cheese; cubed





----------------------------WILD
MUSHROOM SAUCE----------------------------


     2 tb Unsalted butter


     1    Leek (white part only);


          -thinly sliced


     1    Clove garlic; minced


     1    Shallot; minced


   3/4 lb Wild mushrooms; cleaned and


          -chopped


     3    Fresh sage leaves


   1/4 c  Dry white wine


   1/2 c  Chicken broth


          Salt


          Freshly ground black pepper





 This recipe is pictured on the cover of the October 1996 issue. Readers are


 invited to collect the recipe from the website; it is NOT printed in the


 magazine. collect the photo from the page:  http://www.piacere.com


 [Mastercook Calories/fat 370/15.5g (patH, ed.]


 


 To prepare the saffron rice: Heat the broth until it is almost boiling in
a


 saucepan. Preheat the oven to 400?. In the meantime, heat the olive oil in


 a separate saucepan. Add the onion, and cook until it is wilted. Stir in


 the rice and coat it with the olive oil; cook 1 minute, then add the wine.


 When the wine has completely evaporated, add the broth 1/4 cup at a time,


 stirring the rice as you do so, and allow the broth to evaporate before you


 add the next 1/4 cup of broth. Continue to add broth and let it evaporate


 until the rice is fully cooked but not soft (it will take about 15 minutes


 from the time you start adding the broth); you may not need the full 3 cups


 of broth. Stir in the butter, saffron, Grana, salt, and egg. Pour half of


 the rice into a buttered 8" Bundt pan or ring-shaped oven-proof dish.


 Distribute the Fontina over the rice, top with the remaining rice, and


 place the pan in a larger pan filled halfway up the sides with water. Bake


 in the preheated oven for 40 minutes as you prepare the wild mushroom


 sauce.


 


 To prepare the wild mushroom sauce: Heat the butter in a wide saucepan. Add


 the leek, garlic, and shallot, and cook until wilted. Stir in the wild


 mushrooms and the sage leaves, and deglaze with the white wine. When the


 wine has almost evaporated, add the broth, and cook over moderate heat for


 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.


 The sauce should be rather dry. Unmold the rice ring onto a serving


 platter. Pour most of the wild mushroom sauce into the center of the ring,


 and garnish the outside of the ring with the rest. Serve hot.


 Recipe By     : 1996 =A9 The Magazine of La Cucina Italiana (Oct 96)


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #251


 


 Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:21:39 -0700 (PDT)


 


 From: PatH