Pilaf with Walnuts and Apricots

Ingredients

• •1 cup rice
• •3 tbsp margarine
• •1 onion
• •2 tbsp pine nuts
• •6 dried apricots
• •3 tbsp walnuts
• •1/2 tsp cinnamon
• •1/2 tsp sugar
• •1.5 cups chicken stock
• •Black pepper

Preparation

1. 1

   Wash the rice well and soak in salted water about two hours. Melt the margarine in a pot and add grated onion. Sauté over low heat until golden. Add the pine nuts and rice and stir 1-2 minutes. Add chopped apricots and coarsely chopped walnuts.

2. 2

   Add cinnamon, sugar, black pepper, salt and chicken stock and stir. Cover; once the water boils, lower the heat. Cook until the rice absorbs the water.

3. 3

   Off the heat, cover with a cloth or paper towel. Rest 30 minutes to steam well. Serve hot.