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    Festive Rice with Cranberries and Walnuts

    Festive Rice with Cranberries and Walnuts

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    This festive cranberry rice recipe is not only super simple it is also flavorful and pretty which makes it ideal for the holiday season. Incorporate it into your Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year feasts.

    Festive Rice with Cranberries and Walnuts

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    1. Why we ❤️ it
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    Why we ❤️ it

    We have in our collection our favorite Christmas rice pilaf recipe, but there cannot be too many rice side dishes for our holiday menu. This was a recipe that we had on the blog for many years, but we've recently given it its own page.

    This tasty rice with cranberries and nuts is perfect to serve something new this year or to have something extra special on your table.

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    Versions

    If you don't like or don't have walnuts, you can make rice with cranberries and pecans or rice with cranberries and almonds by following the exact same instructions and just substituting for your favorite nuts. Pine nuts are also great in this dish.

    • Festive Cranberry Rice Pilaf with Walnuts
    Festive Rice with Cranberries and Walnuts

    About this recipe

    This colorful, tender rice, with the contrasting flavor of the slightly sweet and sour dried cranberries, and the crispiness of the toasted walnuts is perfect with lechón asado, Dominican pavo, or Christmas chicken, our favorite holiday meat dishes.

    This recipe yields 6 servings of about 1 cup of rice each.

    Buen provecho!

    Tia Clara

    Recipe

    Festive Cranberry Rice Pilaf with Walnuts
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    [Recipe + Video] Festive Cranberry Rice Pilaf with Walnuts

    By: Clara Gonzalez
    This festive cranberry rice recipe is not only super simple it is also flavorful and pretty which makes it ideal for the holiday season. You can incorporate it with your Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year feast to marvel your guests.
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine Dominican
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 699 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 3 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1½ cup chopped walnuts, plus whole walnuts for garnishing
    • 6 g saffron threads, plus extra strands for garnish (you can also garnish with minced parsley)
    • 3 cup rice
    • 6 cups vegetable broth, or homemade vegetable broth recipe, or homemade chicken broth recipe, salted to taste[1.5 liter] boiling hot
    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • 1½ cup dry cranberries, (crasins)

    Instructions
     

    • toasting walnuts
      Toasting walnuts: In a thick-bottom pot (cast aluminum or cast iron) heat the oil over medium heat. Stir in the walnuts and cook stirring until a slightly darker color. Remove the walnuts from the oil and set them aside.
    • Covering rice
      Cooking rice: Add the saffron to the oil and stir, add the rice to the heated oil, sauté stirring until the grains are coated with oil, and turn a slightly yellow color. Pour in the vegetable broth, stir. Simmer and stir often to prevent the rice from sticking to the bottom.
      Boil over medium flame, stirring often, until the liquid has almost all evaporated. Add the cranberries to the rice mixture and stir to combine. Lower the heat, cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for 15 minutes.  Stir the rice and simmer covered for another 10 minutes, or until the rice is cooked through.
      Uncover and mix in the toasted walnuts. Remove from the stove.
    • Serving rice
      Serving: Spoon the rice on a serving platter and sprinkle with whole walnuts and saffron strands.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 699kcalCarbohydrates: 107gProtein: 11gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 1723mgPotassium: 265mgFiber: 5gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 512IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 2mg

    Nutritional information is calculated automatically based on ingredients listed. Please consult your doctor if you need precise nutritional information.

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    Edited: Nov 13, 2021 | Publish: Nov 8, 2021

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    linda
    December 24, 2021 10:27 PM

    Is this a Dominican recipe or just a wonderful sounding recipe from a Dominican ? Don’t want to look foolish….lol

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