A few years ago I set out on a mission to make wild rice cornbread to serve 200 people for the Wild Harvest Festival. I tested out a batch using the last of my wild rice flour that I’d bought from the White Earth Reservation, and it came out good, but I needed to test…
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Hollyhock Sarmasi, Mushroom Duxelles and Wild Grape
If you give me a big leaf, I can probably find something to roll up in it and call it a dolma, roulade vert, or, as with this version loosely inspired by Turkish rolls: sarmasi (Romanian sarmale is a synonym). I have a couple recipes for food rolled up in leaves on this site, but,…
Wild Rice Dolmas wild Mushroom Duxelles
Stuffed grape leaves are one of Nature’s perfect foods, and stuffing them with a mushroom and natural wild rice filling is a great variation on the classic, more well-known version with lamb, known as dolmas or dolmades. If you have some duxelles, it’s also a good wild mushroom recipe for using up the stash. Vegetarian…
Guide to Wild Rice (Purchasing and Cooking)
Wild rice is a source of cultural pride in Minnesota where I’m from. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of misinformation about it online and in print. It’s time I had a guide on here about one of the most important ingredient of my region, so, I’m going to try and answer all the questions I can…
Wild Rice Casserole with Venison and Wild Mushrooms
Venison, tender cabbage, wild mushrooms, real wild rice covered in plenty of cheesy white sauce and baked to a perfect golden brown makes me happy. In the Midwest, we know a thing or two about casseroles. Some of them I really like (all casseroles with wild rice, especially my classic chicken of the woods-wild rice…
Chicken of the Woods Wild Rice Casserole
It’s getting colder outside, and I’m starting to crave that cold weather food. Stews and braises have happened already happened, but one thing that’s been gnawing at me was a good, solid casserole. Coming from the Midwest, I have casserole in my blood, and there’s nothing like the classic chicken wild rice casserole laced with…
Wild Rice Crackers
I’ve been wanting a simple, wild-inspired cracker I can make to serve at events that’s portable, made from 100% wild rice or another indigenous grain, and most of all, is a snap to put together and doesn’t involve rolling out glutinous dough or using a pasta roller. I used to make a sort of Japanese…
Wild Rice Flour Pasta Dough
Wild rice flour pasta dough is exactly what it sounds like: fresh pasta dough, made with wild rice flour. Not 100% wild rice flour, just 50%, since that’s about the most you can work into fresh pasta and still have it act like fresh pasta while you’re rolling it out, since wild rice flour lacks…
