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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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