Sicilian Rice Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 Anchovy filets
- 1/2 ts Mustard
- 1 1/2 c Long grain rice
- 1/2 ts Tomato paste
- 1 Onion,finely chopped
- 1 Salt and pepper to taste
- 5 tb Olive oil
- 3 Tomatoes seeded cubed
- 1 tb White wine vinegar
- 1/3 c Black olives pitted
- 2/3 c White wine
- 1 pn Dried marjoram
- 3 Lemons for juice
Directions:
- Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil.Put a plate on top of
- the pan,covering the water,lay the anchovy filets on the plate,and mash
- with a fork.They will dissolve smoothly with the heat.When anchovies are
- disolved,remove the plate,Add the rice to the water,and cook until tender
- about 45 to 55 minutes..
- Meanwhile,in a small saucepan,saute the onion in 2 tabls.of olive
- oil.When the onion is golden and soft,sprinkle the vinegar over it,and
- allow it to evaporate for 2 minutes.Add the wine,lemon
- juice,mustard,dissolved anchovies and tomato paste.Mix carefully then seive
- once to make a smooth sauce.
- Drain the rice and spread it out on a warmed serving platter.Pour the
- sauce over it and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.While the rice cools
- slightly fry the tomato cubes quickly in the remaing 3 tabls. of olive oil
- for 1 minute,then mix in the olives and marjoram.Pour them over the rice
- and sauce.Then serve.