Herbed Mushroom Wild Rice

Here's a special treatment of wild rice, laced with herbs and mushrooms...

In a small bowl place the dried mushrooms and add just enough warm water to cover.

Let stand 10 minutes until softened.

Drain and rinse , squeezing out excess water from mushrooms.

Then chop them finely.

Set aside.

Combine wild rice and enough water in saucepan to keep rice well covered.

Bring to a boil , lower heat and simmer uncovered until rice is tender and individual grains have opened about 45-50 minutes.

Drain and keep warm.

Heat butter in large deep nonstick skillet or saucepan over medium heat.

Add onion , rosemary , mushrooms , and carrot and cook , stirring , for 6 minutes until vegetables are crisp-tender.

Add white rice , broth , and pepper.

Bring to a boil , lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes until rice is tender.

Drain excess liquid.

Mix wild rice , white rice , and parsley in bowl.

Serve hot.

dried porcini mushrooms, water, wild rice, butter, onion, fresh rosemary, carrot, white rice, chicken broth, pepper, fresh parsley