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Pilaf with Mussels
300 gr rice (1½ cup)
2 teaspoon salt
4 cups boiling water
2 medium onions, grated
2 tablespoons pine nuts
½ cup olive oil
1 large tomato, grated
salt to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons currants
50 mussels, shelled, washed, drained well
2 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon allspice
Pepper to taste
Dill, chopped

Place rice into a bowl, add 2 teaspoons salt and pour boiling water. (Do this 1 hour before you begin to prepare the dish). Once water is cool, drian, wash weii and drain again.
Heat the olive oil and sauté onions and pine nuts for 2 minutes.
Add rice, stir for 2 minutes and then add tomato, salt, sugar, currants, mussels and 2 cups boiling water. Cover and cook over high heat for 5 minutes.
Then turn the heat low and cook until rice absorbes all the water.
Turn the heat off, uncover and add allspice and pepper. Stir once and put a paper towel or a clean kitchen napkin over the pan. Replace the cover.
Before serving, garnish with chopped dill.



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