Recipe taken from The Ultimate Christmas Cookbook.
A delicious crunchy salad to use up leftover turkey during the holiday festivities.
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
225g (8oz) brown rice, 50g (2oz) wild rice, 2 red dessert apples, quartered, cored and chopped, 2 celery sticks, coarsely sliced, 115 (4oz) seedless grapes, 45ml (3 tbsp) lemon or orange juice, 150ml (¼ pint) this mayonnaise, 350g (12oz) cooked turkey, chopped, Salt and freshly ground black pepper, Frilly lettuce leaves, to serve
Method:
- Cook the brown and wild rice in boiling salted water for 25 minutes or until tender. Rinse under cold running water and drain.
- Turn the well-drained rice into a large bowl and add the apples, celery and grapes. Beat the lemon or orange juice into the mayonnaise, season with salt and pepper and pour over the rice.
- Add the turkey and mix well to coat with the lemon or orange mayonnaise.
- Arrange the frilly lettuce leaves over the base and around the sides of a warmed serving dish and spoon the rice on top.
