Aromatic Rice with Sour Cherries

Name: Aromatic Rice with Sour Cherries
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 2 cups long-grain white rice (see Note); 1 tablespoon salt; ¼ cup sugar; 1 small cinnamon stick, broken in three; 1 pound sour cherries, pitted (2 cups, approximately); 3 tablespoons butter; ¼ teaspoon saffron threads; 2 tablespoons hot water; 2 tablespoons hot water; 3 crushed cardamom pods

Preparation info

6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

About

Light and soft, this fresh-tasting dish of palest rice and tart cherries will be adored by some, considered strange by others. The fluffy grains, particularly tender in this treatment, are tinted party pink and yellow from the cherries and saffron. It is a festive complement to poultry and vegetable main courses.

Ingredients

2 cups long-grain white rice (see Note)
1 tablespoon salt
¼

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Method

Wash rice by swishing in a bowl of water. Drain and repeat twice. Dissolve salt in enough water to cover rice by an inch. Soak 1 hour or longer.
Bring 6 cups water to a boil. Stir in rice and soaking water. Bring to a boil, stirring. Boil about 5 minutes, or until kern