The Nourishing Gourmet
I was looking for rice salad recipes and came across this food blog/site:
The Nourishing Gourmet
I would like to try the gorgonzola, walnut and grape rice salad recipe:
Gorgonzola, Walnut and Grape Rice Salad - here it is. I will leave off the grapes because I just do not like cold/juicy grapes in my savory food. but I may add a crunchy dried fruit like a cranberry...
Gorgonzola, Walnut and Grape Rice Salad
2 cups of a wild rice mix*
Combine in a medium pot with 4 cups of water and a teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to the lowest setting and cook for 50 minutes or until done. When done, remove from heat, take of the lid and cool while you get the rest of the ingredients ready. You want to combine the ingredients with the rice when it is still warm (it will soak in more flavor), but not pipping hot. If you need to cool quickly, turn out onto a large plate and stir/flip over occasionally.
1 cup of red grapes, washed and halved or quartered
1 cup of celery, washed and very thinly sliced
1 cup of toasted walnuts (toasted in a heavy pan over med-high heat, just until slightly browned and aromatic)
Around 1/4 to 1/3 of a pound of Gorgonzola, crumbled, (probably around 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup)
Dressing:
1/3 cup of champagne vinegar
2/3 cup of olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
I garlic clove
Combine dressing ingredients and pour over the rest of the ingredients. Toss to mix. Serve this dish at room temperature, or chilled.
We eat grains salads room temperature on mild days or in the winter. But on hot days, I like it chilled for at least a few hours. I even have put grain salads in the freezer to more quickly cool them (just don?t forget it and stir it once in a while!). Just beware that it will soak up some of the dressing when you chill it, so toss with a little extra vinegar and oil for more flavor right before serving.
*The mix I used included regular brown rice, red rice, short brown rice, and wild rice
anyone else have any good rice salad recipes? I'll add this one to the recipe thread once I have tried it out and if I find it is worthy...
