Rice with Meat, Pine Nuts and Almonds

Name: Rice with Meat, Pine Nuts and Almonds
Ingredients: 60 g (2 oz) pine nuts; 250 g (8 oz) lamb, beef or veal, minced; 60 g (2 oz) almonds, peeled and chopped; 2 teacups (500 g/1 lb) long-grain rice, cooked; Oil or butter; Salt and black pepper; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon or ¼ teaspoon ground allspice (optional); 30–60 g (1–2 oz) seedless raisins (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Here is a most delicious and attractive way of presenting rice at a party.

Ingredients

2 teacups (500 g/1 lb) long-grain rice, cooked
250

Side dish
Gluten-free

Method

Prepare 500 g (1 lb) long-grain rice as described in one of the recipes for plain rice.

Fry the meat and the mixed nuts separately in oil or butter. The nut