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     Title: ITALIAN PISTACHIO PILAF
Categories: Main dish, Side dish
     Yield: 13 portions

 3 1/2 c  Water
     1 c  White Basmati Rice
          -- (Arrowhead Mills)
   1/2 ts Salt (optional)
     1 c  Diced onions
     1 c  Diced red bell pepper
     3 tb Olive oil
     2 tb Fresh chopped garlic
     2 c  Flaked Seitan*
     2 ts Salt (optional)
     1 ts Ground black pepper (opt.)
     3 tb Ground fennel
     1 c  Sliced scallions
     1 c  Chopped pistachios

 Prep time: 45 minutes

 Bring water to simmer.  Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and
 simmer for 10 minutes. Cover pot and turn off heat.
 Let sit until cooked (about 5 minutes.)

 Saute onions, bell peppers, garlic, Seitan, salt,
 fennel, and black pepper in olive oil until soft
 (about 10 minutes on medium heat).  Add rice,
 scallions and pistachios.  Serve hot with a vegetable
 as a light meal.

 *NOTE: The word "flaked" refers to a style of cut in
 which the food medium is thinly sliced at a 45 degree
 angle.

 This recipe has been developed by Bro. Ron Pickarski
 as part of his work toward being a participant and
 finalist in the Culinary Olympics held in Frankfurt,
 Germany.

 Source: Arrowhead Mills "Seitan Quick Mix" tri-fold
 Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc.
 Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias

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