Christmas Rice with Balsamic Syrup
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Recipe type: Side Dish
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 6 strips bacon
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 3 cups raw rice
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
  • 4 ½ cups boiling water
  • ½ cup toasted almonds
  • ½ cup dried and chopped apricots, macerated in 1 cup white wine up to one day
  • 2 cups spinach, cut in slices
  • ½ red pepper, diced
  • 2 tablespoons sauco (elderberry) marmalade
  • Balsamic Syrup:
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 3 sage leaves, chopped
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add bacon, onion and garlic, cook over high heat, stirring every now and then. Add rice, stir, add salt, pepper, and cinnamon.
  2. Add water, cover, lower the heat and cook for 20 –25 minutes until the rice is done.
  3. Add apricots, toasted almonds, spinach, red pepper and sauco (elderberry). Stir and serve.
  4. Balsamic Syrup:
  5. In a small saucepan over high heat melt the sugar and add the vinegar. Cook until reduced by half. Add salt and pepper, and sage leaves. Pour over the rice.
Recipe by PERU DELIGHTS at https://perudelights.com/christmas-rice-with-balsamic-syrup/