Name: Wild Rice
Yield: serves 4-6
Ingredients: pinch freshly grated lemon zest; 2 pints water; 2 hot green fresh chilli peppers – finely sliced; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 8 oz wild rice; 2 tablespoon bland oil; 3 fat cloves garlic – peeled and minced; 1 level tablespoon grated fresh peeled root ginger; 8 oz fresh oyster mushrooms – evenly chopped into medium dice; 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh green coriander leaves

Preparation info

serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Independent Cook

By Jeremy Round

Published 1988

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Whether you’re having turkey, goose, baked turbot or some splendid vegetarian concoction for the main festive event, consider whether you can really deal with the same old traditional accompaniments. Mashed and roast potatoes, which almost invariably turn up on Christmas plates, are all very well, but how about a change?

Bake whole sweet potatoes at Gas 6/200°C/400°F for an hour, then mash the middles with sherry, butter, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Or peel them, par-boil,