Best Wild Rice Stuffed Morels Recipes

MORELS STUFFED WITH WILD RICE

Steps:

• Saute the bacon pieces until crisp in a medium-size skillet, then add the shallots and garlic. Stir and saute over medium heat for five minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and add the cooked wild rice, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, thyme, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Trim the bottom of the morels so they will stand upright, points upward. Stuff each one with some of the rice mixture and carefully place three stuffed mushrooms, tips pointing upward, into each of four heat-proof gratin dishes. Drizzle the mushrooms with melted butter and bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they begin to crisp and brown. Just before serving, sprinkle a bit of the fresh dill around the mushrooms to simulate the look of the forest floor.

WILD RICE STUFFED MORELS

Steps:

• Soak rice in water to cover for 30 minutes.
• Drain.
• Dissolve bouillon cubes in 4 1/2 cups water, add pepper and bring to a boil.
• Add rice slowly, so water doesn't stop boiling, turn down heat and simmer, covered, over low heat for 45 minutes.
• Let sit off heat 15 minutes.
• Drain off excess water.
• In a skillet heat oil and butter.
• Saute celery and onion until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat and add thyme, parsley, garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare morels by brushing them off with a damp paper towel.
• Trim off stems and, if necessary, enlarge the opening into the cap with a paring knife. Spread half the rice mixture in the bottom of a 2-quart casserole and top with butter.
• Fill morels with as much of the rice mixture as each will hold.
• Mound rice on top of each morel, and stand upright in the casserole. Repeat with remaining morels.
• Drizzle with white wine and dust with Parmesan cheese if desired.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
• Lower heat to 300 and bake until morels are resilient, but tender, about another 25 minutes.