Best Baked Minty Rice With Feta And Pomegranate Relish Recipes

BAKED MINTY RICE WITH FETA AND POMEGRANATE RELISH

Baked Minty Rice with Feta and Pomegranate Relish image

If you've given up on stovetop rice methods, you'll love this hands-off oven technique.

Provided by Yotam Ottolenghi

Categories Bon Appétit Rice Feta Healthy Vegetarian Kid-Friendly Pomegranate Olive Mint Parsley Low Cholesterol Walnut Small Plates

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

1/2 cup walnuts
3/4 cup pomegranate seeds (from about 1/2 large pomegranate)
3/4 cup Castelvetrano olives, pitted, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
1 garlic clove, crushed
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
Rice and assembly:
2 cups basmati rice
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
10 mint sprigs
8 ounces feta, sliced 1/4" thick
Ingredient info:
Pomegranate molasses can be found at Middle Eastern markets, some supermarkets, and online.

Steps:

Pomegranate relish:
Place a rack in upper third of oven; preheat to 350°F. Toast walnuts on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing once, until golden brown, 5-8 minutes. Let cool, then coarsely chop. Increase oven temperature to 450°F.
Toss walnuts, pomegranate seeds, olives, oil, mint, parsley, pomegranate molasses, and garlic in a medium bowl to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
Rice and assembly:
Combine rice, butter, and salt in a 13x9" baking dish, then pour in a scant 3 1/2 cups water; top with mint sprigs. Cover tightly with foil and bake until rice is tender and water is absorbed, 30-35 minutes. Remove from oven; pluck out mint. Fluff rice with a fork.
Heat broiler. Arrange feta over rice. Broil until rice around edges of pan is browned and crisp and feta is starting to brown, 8-10 minutes. Spoon pomegranate relish over.

BAKED RICE

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Provided by Pierre Franey

Categories weekday, side dish

Time 25m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 1/2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons minced onion
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 cup uncooked rice
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
3 sprigs parsley
1 sprig fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 bay leaf

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Melt half of butter in heavy saucepan and cook the onion and garlic, stirring, until onion is translucent. Add rice and stir briefly over low heat until grains are coated with butter.
Stir in broth, making sure there are no lumps in rice. Add parsley, thyme and bay leaf. Cover with a close-fitting lid and place in oven.
Bake exactly 17 minutes. Remove cover and discard the parsley, thyme sprigs and bay leaf. Using a two-pronged fork, stir in remaining butter and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 275, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 131 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams