{"id":16701,"date":"2020-12-31T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16701"},"modified":"2020-12-18T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T17:47:16","slug":"rolling-and-molding-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/31\/rolling-and-molding-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling and Molding Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Chef Nancy Berkoff, RD, EdD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mold or shape rice for an elegant\nor fun presentation, select short-grained rice. Pack cooked rice into an oiled\nmold, oven-proof cookie cutters, muffin tins, or individual baking cups. Place\nthe mold in an oven-safe dish with 2 inches of water, open-side up. Bake in a\nhot oven for 20 minutes or until set. Allow to cool and unmold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nIf you\u2019d like to create rice balls, to use as hot entr\u00e9e or cold snack,\ncook a batch of short-grained, sticky\/glutinous, or sushi rice, and allow to\ncool. Select one of the blends listed here, and mix with rice. Roll and pat\nlarger balls for an entr\u00e9e, smaller balls for a snack. To heat rice balls, wrap\nin plastic wrap and microwave for several minutes on medium heat, or place in a\nsteamer and heat for a few minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savory:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green bell pepper, chopped tomatoes,\nchopped parsley, and chopped walnuts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopped parsley, breadcrumbs, and lemon\njuice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopped green bell peppers, onions,\ncelery, pimentos, mushrooms, cayenne, and paprika<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooked wild rice, minced garlic,\nsaut\u00e9ed onions and mushrooms, and dry sherry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red bell peppers, soyrizo, paprika,\noregano, and shallots<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scallions, water chestnuts or jicama,\ncilantro, and soy sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopped fresh parsley, minced garlic,\ncurry powder, and olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forest blend mushrooms and sherry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pineapple and organic brown sugar or\ndate sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roasted chestnuts or chestnut pur\u00e9e, cinnamon, and ginger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minced dried apricots, raisins, and almonds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shredded coconut, organic brown sugar,\nnutmeg, and cloves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Chef Nancy Berkoff, RD, EdD To mold or shape rice for an elegant or fun presentation, select short-grained rice. Pack cooked rice into an oiled mold, oven-proof cookie cutters, muffin tins, or individual baking cups. Place the mold in an oven-safe dish with 2 inches of water, open-side up. Bake in a hot oven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16703,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701\/revisions\/16703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}