Wild Rice Chowder

2 cups cooked wild rice

3 potatoes, washed and cubed

1/2 cup onion, chopped

1 quart chicken broth

1 cup shredded Cheddar or Swiss cheese

3 slices cooked bacon cooked and crumbled

1/2 cup light cream or milk

Cook the potatoes in the broth until tender, 20 - 30 minutes. Add the onion cheese, bacon and cream (or milk). Simmer, stirring frequently, until cheese melts and soup is hot, not boiling. Season with salt and pepper if needed and a little parsley or wild asparagus (optional) to garnish.

Dale Carson

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White Corn and Ancho Flan

1 Ancho chili seeded and course chopped
2 cloves garlic peeled
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cups fresh white corn
4 eggs
4 egg yolks
2 cups half and half cream
salt and pepper to taste
hot sauce (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 375�F. Put chopped chili and peeled garlic on a cookie sheet.
Drizzle with olive oil and bake for 20 minutes. Separate and remove garlic and chilies.
2. In a food processor puree the garlic with olive oil on cookie sheet poured in.
With the machine running, add the eggs, egg yolks, cream, salt, pepper and hot sauce (if desired). Add the corn and chili and process briefly.
3. Ladle the custard into well buttered or oiled muffin or custard
cups. Bake in a hot water bath at 375�F for 30 to 40 minutes or until
set. Remove from water bath and let cool. Slide a knife around the
edges and invert onto a clean surface. Place each flan on a plate and
serve.

Serving Size: 1 flan
Number of Servings: 16

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Pueblo Pumpkin Pinion Nut Sweetbread

1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 cup finely mashed or pureed pumpkin
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup melted butter (1 stick)
2 eggs beaten foamy
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup pine nuts

Rio Grande Pueblo peoples traditionally serve a variant of this
sweetbread to parties of nut-pickers in September when piqon nuts are
bing picked from the mountain slope trees. Families camp for many weeks
in traditional areas reserved to clans.

In the recipe you can use either cooking-type pumpkin (these have
necks and thick, meaty bodies, not like jack o' lantern pumpkins) or a
sweet bright orange squash, like butternut or canned pumpkin.
Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking
powder, sugar, spices. Stir in pumpkin, eggs, butter. Stir pine nuts
into thick batter. Scrape into a greased 6 x 9 loaf pan. Bake for 1
hour or until knif inserted in bread comes out clean.

This sweetish, spicy bread goes well with soups, stews, and can also
be a dessert, especially if you cut it apart and put yoghurt or
applesauce over it.


Yield: one loaf

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Norma's Pueblo Prune And Apple Pastelito

filling:
1 12 ounce package pitted prunes
3 to 4 cups water
3 to 4 ounces dried apple slices
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
3/4 to 1 1/2 cups sugar, to fast
crust:
2 to 21/4 cups all-purpose flour
10 tablespoons pure vegetable shortening (� pound; )
1/2 cup cold water mixed with 1/2 teaspoon; cider vinegar
2 to 3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

To make the tilling: Place prunes and water in a large saucepan and bring
to a boil over medium-high heat, Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until
prunes have softened, 1B1o20 minutes. Remove the prunes with a slotted
spoon and drain well. Add the dded apple slices to the prune liquid and
simmer undl softened, tUb 15 minutes. Brain well, discarding the liquid;
dice the apples and reserve. Mash the prunes. Stir in the cinnamon, vanilla
and allspice. Add sugar to taste. Stir in the diced apples.
To make the crust: Place 2 cups of the flour in a medium-size mixing bowl.
Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, cut the shortening into the
flour until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Using your hands or a fork,
gradually add in the water-vinegar mixture, Knead the dough gently until
supple, divide it in half, and gather it into two rounds. If not using
immediately. wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate. Remove the
dough from the refrigerator 20 to 30 minutes before rolling it out.
To assemble antt bake the pie: Preheat the oven to 350� F On a lightly
floured surface, roll one round of dough info a circle about 54-inch thick
and large enough to line a 12-inch pizza pan. Gently press the dough into
the pan. Prick the crust in several places with the fines of a fork. Spread
the filling evenly over the crust. Roll out the top crust and place it
over the filling. Trim any overhang�ing dough and flute the edges of the
pie. Use the points of kitchen scissors or a sharp knife to make decorative
slashes in the top crust, Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake on the middle
shelf of the oven until golden brown, about 40 minutes. Remove from oven
and allow to cool. Use a pizza wheel or sharp knife to divide pie into
squares.
As an alternative to a single pie, you can make empanaditas. Roll the dough
1/8-inch thick and cut into 6-inch circles. Place ito 2 tablespoons of
filling in the middle of each circle and fold the dough over it to make a
turnover, Seal edges by fluting or pressing together with the tines of a
fork. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and bake in a preheated 350 F oven until
golden brown, 15 to 25 minutes.

Yield: makes l2 to 15. Recipe Author Norma Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo

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Anasazi & Pinto Beans With Hominy and Chilies

1 1/2 c dried anasazi beans
1 1/2 c dried pinto beans
10 c water
1 ts salt
3 c dried indian hominy
3 green anaheim chiles for -garnish

Soak the beans overnight in water to cover. In the morning rinse the beans
with cold water and place in a large pot with fresh water to cover. Stir in
the salt cover and simmer slowly 2 to 2 1/2 hours until the beans are
tender. Add water when necessary and stir occasionally to prevent the beans
from burning. Add hominy and simmer covered 1 hour stirring occasionally.
The hominy and beans should be very soft and moist but not too watery.
While the beans and hominy are cooking roast peel seed and dice the chiles.
Sprinkle on top of the cooked beans for garnish. Most southwestern
Indians grow beans. The Hopis grow a variety of beans in terraces along
their high mesas where the crop is irrigated by natural springs. After the
harvest the beans are dried and stored. Some beans are used for ceremonial
purposes - from weddings to Kachina dances - while others are used for
their day-to-day meals. For suburban and city dwellers I've found that
pinto beans white beans or red beans work well but I suggest you also
experiment with some of the other varieties of beans - like anasazi beans -
that are now available commercially. Or you may want to be adventuresome
and grow your own variety. To round out this meal the beans can be served
with Lamb Stuffed Green Chiles Pan Fried Trout or Venison

Yield: 6 servings

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Wild Rice and Cranberries

Wild Rice With Dried Fruit
2 cups long-grain wild rice
6 cups water
1/2 cup dried currents
1/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries
1/2 cup toasted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup roasted hickory nuts chopped
1/2 cup water
salt to taste

Wild rice is expensive but has a wonderful crunchy texture and nutty flavor. If you wish, cook 1 cup of wild rice and 1 cup of brown rice separately, then combine them with the fruit and seeds. Cook wild rice according to package directions, or until ends break open like flowers, about 1 hour; drain. Add wild rice with cherries and pecans. Add 1/2 cup water and salt. Cover pan; cook mixture over low heat or in
300-degree oven 15 minutes. Stir before serving.
Yield: serves 8.

Berries & Wild Rice
1 cup wild rice
1 cup fresh cranberries
3 cups water
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup fresh raspberries2
1/2 cup maple syrup3
cinnamon to taste (approx. 1/2 teaspoon)

Cook rice and cranberries in water until rice is done. Take rice off heat and let sit for about 5 minutes (until all the water is soaked up by the rice). Mix in the remaining berries, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Can be eaten warm or cold.
1. If fresh cranberries are not available, substitute 1/2 cup dried cranberries.
2. If fresh raspberries are not available, substitute whole frozen raspberries. Avoid raspberries frozen in any kind of syrup. 3. You must use real maple syrup - not syrup that has been "flavored." Real maple syrup is a common addition to Native American recipes.

Sunflower Seed Wild Rice Pilaf
4 cup chicken broth
1 cup wild rice, rinsed well
1 3/4 cup wheat pilaf
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup cranberries, dried
1 scallion bunch, thinly sliced
1/2 cup Italian parsley, chopped
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
1 zest of 2 oranges, grated
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 black pepper, freshly ground

In a medium saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Add wild rice to boiling broth. Bring back to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and cook, covered, for 50 minutes or until rice is tender. Do not over cook. Remove to a large bowl. While the rice is cooking, in another saucepan bring about 2 1/4 cups water to a boil. Stir in the pilaf, cover and bring back to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes, or until pilaf is tender. Remove from heat, let rest 15 minutes, and add to the (cooked) wild rice. Add remaining ingredients and toss well. Serve at room temperature.

Cranberry/Wild Rice Stuffing
1/2 c Wild Rice, uncooked
1 c Water
1/4 c Raisins, dark or golden
5 Green Onions (scallions), chopped
1 tb Vegetable Oil
1/2 c Celery ~or- Fennel Bulb, chopped
1 c Cranberries, fresh or frozen
1 ts Orange Rind, grated
1/2 t Dried Thyme

Put the wild rice in a saucepan. Add the water and raisins and cook over medium heat for 1 hour, or until the rice is tender. Drain Saut� the onions and celery (or fennel bulb) in the oil until tender. Add the cranberries, orange rind, thyme and rice. Stuff into two Cornish hens or a 3-pound chicken, or use with turkey breast. Bake in
a 350-degree oven for 1 hour, or until the poultry is done. Wild Rice And Toasted

Sunflower Pilaf
1 cup sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons unsalted butter; melted
3/4 teaspoon dried thyme; crumbled
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fresh cranberries chopped
1 large onion; halved lengthwise,
and sliced thin lengthwise
1 yellow bell pepper; cut julienne strips
1/4 cup olive oil
2 1/2 cups wild rice - (abt 1 lb); rinsed well in
several changes of water and drains
4 1/2 cups chicken broth

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a small baking pan toss the sunflower seeds
with the butter, the thyme, and the salt until they are coated well and toast them in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes, or until they are crisp and fragrant. In a flameproof casserole cook the onion and the bell pepper and cranberries in the oil
over moderately-low heat, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until they are just
softened, and with a slotted spoon transfer them to a bowl. Add the rice to the casserole and cook it, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Stir in the broth, heated to boiling, and salt and pepper to taste and bring the mixture to a boil. Bake the mixture, covered, in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes. Stir in the onion mixture, bake the pilaf, covered, for 30 minutes more, or until the rice is tender and the broth has been absorbed, and stir in the sunflower seeds.
This recipe yields 8 servings.

Stir Fried Wild Rice With Sunflower And Sun Dried Crnberries

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons finely-minced onions
1 tablespoon azafran
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1/4 cup sun-dried cranberries
1 1/2 cup cooked wild rice
Salt; to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste

Heat saut� pan. Add olive oil and saut� minced onions and azafran until translucent. Add sunflower seeds, mushrooms and sun-dried cranberries and cook until mushrooms are cooked through. Add cooked wild rice and stir-fry until rice is hot and tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. This recipe yields 2 servings. Comments: This dish is a dish that can be served year round, even during the holidays. It has a variety of flavors. The recipe is a great accompaniment for meat, fish or poultry dishes.

Wild Rice With Cranberries
1 tablespoon oil
5 medium shallots peeled and finely chopped
2 single celery ribs; finely chopped
1 cup wild rice; rinsed
1/3 cup toasted sunflower seeds
1/4 cup dried cranberries
2 teaspoon aniseed
1/4 teaspoon sea salt; or to taste
4 cup water
1 teaspoon finely chopped orange zest or grate


In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, heat the oil. Add the shallots and celery and saut� for 1 minute. Add enough water to equal 3 cups and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice, dried cranberries, aniseed, and salt. Return to the boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer until most of the grains have butter flied and almost all the liquid has been absorbed, about 50 minutes. Let stand, covered, off heat for 10 minutes. If there is still liquid left in the bottom of the pot, lift out the rice with a slotted spoon. Stir in toasted sunflower seeds and serve
Yield: 6 servings

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Squash Blossums Anishinaabeg Style

1 egg yolk
2 cups ice-cold water
1/8 tsp baking soda
1 2/3 cups white flour

Whip the egg yolk and baking soda into the water in a large dipping bowl. Sift in the flour, mix well. Batter should be thin, rather watery, run easily off a spoon. It should be used no more than 10 minutes after made, i.e. still bre quite cold when it hits the frying oil. Dip blossom, twirl to coat thoroughly, Turn after 1 minute and
fry 1 minute longer, lighter gold than the cornmeal coating in the Pueblo version. Sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar while still draining and hot from the oil. Keep warm in oven. Alternatively: omit sugar, serve with small dipping bowls of or berry syrup.
Traditionally, the flowers were used in soups and stews in 2 ways. In the commonest, they were thickeners -- put in at the beginning, the fragile flowers cooked away into the broth and had no individual identity. Put in near the end, they were heated through, softened a bit (especially th female blossoms, which have tiny squashes or
pumpkins forming at the stem end) as a sort of vegetable -- although the rest of the soup or stew was likely to be full of dried berries, so maybe I should say as another fruit.
Up north here, these fritters were traditionally made with pumpkin and squash flowers too. No chile or cumin was used, and about 1/2 tsp (or no) salt. A batter of flour would be more likely to be used than cornmeal if there was a good trade supply of it, because although some corn was raised, it was nowhere near as much as in the southwest, and a bit farther north of the Great Lakes, the growing season is too
short for curcurbitae.
The blossoms were most often eaten as a sweet with maple syrup or sprinkled with maple sugar -- and that's still a great way to eat these fritters, too -- blossom-beignets. You can also sprinkle them with sifted powdered sugar, as with New Orleans beignets.

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