Recipe - Wild Rice With Spicy Pecans

3 cup Water
2 Bay leaves
Salt and freshly ground
pepper to taste
1 cup Wild rice
2 tablespoon Unsalted butter
One half cup Pecan pieces
One fourth teaspoon Cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon Maple syrup
One half teaspoon Salt

Combine the water, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a pot with a snugfitting
lid. Bring to a boil. Add the rice, reduce to a simmer, and cook for 40 to
45 minutes. When cooked stir in the butter, cove r again and keep warm.

Combine the pecans, cayenne, maple syrup and salt in a saute pan and
quickly cook over low heat until the nuts have lightly toasted. Remove from
the heat and combine with the cooked wild rice.

Recipe by: Michael Lomonaco

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #505 by "Master Harper Gaellon"
gaellon@inch.com on Mar 8, 1997.