🍚 Rice with Garlic and Pine Nuts Recipe 🍚
✨ A Delightful Blend of Butter-Infused Garlic, Nutty Pine Nuts, and Fluffy Rice ✨
🕒 Total Time: Varies (Approximately 20-30 minutes)
🍽️ Servings: 6
📜 Description:
Indulge in the sublime fusion of flavors with this recipe, where the exquisite method of cooking garlic in butter, inspired by Julia Child, intertwines with other delectable ingredients, resulting in a dish that will tantalize your taste buds! 😋
🥘 Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 head of garlic
- 1 cup rice
- 3/4 cup pine nuts
🔪 Instructions:
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Prepare Garlic: Remove all the cloves from the garlic head.
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Blanch Garlic: In a small saucepan, bring about a cup of water to a boil. Add garlic cloves and simmer for 1 minute. Drain, peel the softened garlic, and set aside.
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Garlic Butter Infusion: In another saucepan, melt the unsalted butter with olive oil over medium heat. Reduce the heat, add the peeled garlic cloves, and stir well.
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Slow Saute: Saute the garlic on low heat until tender and golden, a process taking at least 20 minutes (adjust depending on your stove). Stir occasionally, ensuring they don’t burn.
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Mash Garlic: Remove garlic cloves, pouring any remaining butter into a wide skillet. Thoroughly mash the garlic with a fork.
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Prepare Rice and Pine Nuts: Heat the “garlic drippings” in the skillet. Swirl in the mashed garlic. Add cooked rice and pine nuts. If the mix seems dry, add more butter to taste.
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Saute and Toss: Saute, stirring and tossing, until the rice is heated through, absorbing the butter.
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Season: Season the dish with salt and freshly ground pepper according to your taste.
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Serve Hot: Present this flavorful creation piping hot and savor the symphony of tastes on your palate.
📊 Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 773.9
- Fat: 20.2g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Cholesterol: 20.4mg
- Sodium: 3.9mg
- Carbohydrates: 132.8g
- Fiber: 3g
- Sugar: 0.7g
- Protein: 13.4g
🌟 Aggregated Rating: 5 Stars 🌟
🗣️ Reviews: 2
🌿 Recipe Tags:
- Fruit
- Vegetable
- Nuts
- < 15 Mins
- Easy
Embrace the joy of culinary exploration with this Rice with Garlic and Pine Nuts recipe! Share the love by serving this delightful dish to friends and family, and let the aromatic symphony enchant your kitchen. Happy cooking! 🍽️🔥
