Button Mushroom
and Cashew Pilaf
Preparation: 12
minutes
Cooking: 20
minutes
Serves: 4
1½ cups
long grain rice
1 cup salted cashews
2 tblspn olive oil
5 spring onions, thinly sliced
300gm button mushrooms, thinly sliced
½ cup currants
1 lemon, rind finely grated and juiced
125gm fetta cheese, crumbled
½ cup chopped
flat-leaf parsley
Salt and pepper
Cook rice following the absorption method on
the packet. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add
cashews and cook, stirring often, for 4 minutes or until golden. Remove and
roughly chop. Set aside.
Add oil, green
onions and mushrooms to pan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring
occasionally, for 2-3 minutes until mushrooms are tender.
Add currants, lemon rind and juice and cook
for 30 seconds. Add rice, cashews and
feta to pan and toss gently over low heat until well combined.
Stir in
parsley and season with salt and pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature with
barbecued lamb or seafood.