TRP Advent calendar 09 - Minced meat in wild rice

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The ninth door of the TRP Advent calendar, is again dedicated to a delicious recipe. We wish you a lot of pleasure in preparing it and a good appetite!

Minced meat in North American wild rice

Ingredients:

• Minced meat from bison or beef (18oz)
• 1 bunch of scallions
• 1 bunch of lovage herb
• Wild rice, cooked (11oz)
• 2 tsp of salt
• Pine nuts (3.5oz)
• 1 tsp of mustard
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tbsp of vegetable oil
• Freshly ground pepper

Preparation:

1. Put the minced meat in a bowl, add salt and pepper.
2. Add mustard, spring onions and lovage finely chopped.
3. Finally add the whisked eggs and pine nuts and mix everything together.
4. Lightly heat a heavy, large pan with vegetable oil and fry the prepared minced meat at medium temperature.
5. Add the cooked rice and serve.

Tip: You can serve the minced rice dish in small ball shapes in green salad leaves.

Rice from America?

Unlike the rice we know, wild rice is not "real" rice. To be precise, it is the seed of a sweet grass species that was cultivated centuries ago by Native Americans. Wild rice, also known as "water rice", has a nutty aroma and is dark brown in appearance.

Wild rice played an important role, especially for the Chippewa Natives, who lived near the Great Lakes.

Women at the water rice harvest (ca. 1853)