Wild Rice Salad

• Red Wine Vinaigrette
• 1/3 cup red wine
• 1/4 chopped shallots or red onions
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• whisk ingredients in a small bowl
• Salad ingredients
• 10 oz wild rice
• 3 scallions chopped
• 1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted and halved
• (good hazelnuts at Bristol Farms & the Farm Brentwood Country Mart- Whole foods not good)
• 1 orange
• 1 cup seedless grapes halved
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper

1. Prepare rice
2. simmer 30 minutes so it is slightly underdone- transfer to salad bowl
3. cube the orange interior
4. add grapes, ,scallions salt and pepper & dressing , mix let stand of 30 minutes all mixed up before serving.
5. Add nuts at least minute so they don't get soggy
6. Any chopped veggies (carrots celery)or fruit are good in this. I use Kiwis cubes, a firm peach is good too. Chopped Almonds or pecans are fine substitute for Hazelnuts-get them pre-toasted because soggy ones are not good. Roman Hazelnuts from Bristol farms).
7. Add nuts at least minute so they don't get soggy

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/wild-rice-salad-52364031 (may not work)