Tuesday, April 10, 2012

WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Tonight's supper was a rummage through the fridge & pantry and some cross-referencing between Kraft Canada, Campbell's, and All Recipes websites.  A bit o' this, a bit o'that, and a new casserole was concocted... and it was very good!

1 cup wild rice blend
3 cups water
1 Tbsp butter
Salt

Add all ingredients to pot, bring to a boil, mix, cover pot with lid and simmer for 50 minutes, stirring once.

10 mushrooms, chopped
olive oil
1-2 stalks celery, diced
1 tomato, diced
1 Mennonite sausage, chopped
1 clove garlic
herbs: tarragon, paprika, salt, pepper (add to taste)
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 can cream of mushroom soup
milk (fill soup can once)
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Saute mushrooms in oil, add rest of vegetables, sausage and spices/herbs.
Add vinegars, soup and milk.
Simmer.

Add mushroom mixture to wild rice blend when cooked through; mix thoroughly.
Cook at 350 F until heated through.
Optional: add shredded cheese & cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Serve with a salad.

Made by Wilma


SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

I made this coffee cake this week, but in my opinion you really should not call it coffee cake if you don't add coffee... so I added some instant coffee.  Mmmmm!!


Although the filling was good, I would probably not add it as a layer within the cake... perhaps I'll half the recipe next time, add the filling as a topping (or skip it altogether) and I will probably add some raisins in the loaf.



1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
(I added about 1 Tbsp instant coffee powder)

Filling:
1 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 
Lightly grease one 8x12 inch pan.

In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup of the white sugar with 1 cup butter. 
Add the eggs and beat well. 
Mix in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and sour cream, stir until just combined.

To Make Filling: Combine chopped nuts, ground cinnamon, and 3/4 cup white sugar and mix well.

Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan then sprinkle with 3/4 of the filling. 
Pour the remaining cake batter on top and sprinkle top with the remaining filling. 
 
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes.

www.allrecipes.com