Pilaf

From Nerd Meets Food | Side Dishes | Mediterranean or Greek

Around Christmas time this is the best stuffing for the turkey. So good actually that in my family we will fight over for this.

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High cal Calories 405kcal
High fat Total Fat 26g
High sat-fat Saturated Fat 6g
chol Cholesterol 43mg
sodium Sodium 207mg
carbs Total Carbohydrate 31g
Serving size 152g Calories from fat 238kcal Fiber 3g Protein 14g Sugar 7g

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. of ground beef
  • 2 medium onions
  • 1 cup of almonds (skinned)
  • 1/2 cup of pine nuts
  • 1/2 cup of raisins
  • 2 cups chestnuts
  • tbsp of pepper
  • 1 tsp of cumin
  • 1/2 tsp all spice
  • 3 sticks of cinnamon
  • salt

Directions

  1. Prepare the chestnuts by scoring them deeply with a sharp knife and boil them in hot water for 5-10 mins.
  2. Cool them and peal and skin them.
  3. Continue by heating 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in the pan.
  4. When it is hot add the ground meat and let the fat melt.
  5. After most of the fat is melted, with a spoon remover the meat and leave as much of the fat as you can behind. If you don ‘t have sufficient add some olive oil.
  6. Add the onion finely chopped and cook over medium heat till they become caramelized.
  7. Add the almonds, the pinenuts and the coarsely chopped chestnuts. Heat them well till start taking color.
  8. Add all the spices and the salt.
  9. Finally add the rice and cook for 2-3 mins while string till everything becomes coated with the fat.
  10. Empty everything in a ceramic pan as before and cover with 4 cups of chicken broth.
  11. Cook for about 45 mins at 350 F or till the rice is cooked. Remove and gently, i use the back of a wooden spoon, fluff it up.

Tips

  • Use your imagination and add anything you like.