Cherry Rice Recipe

• 1 cup Rice
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1 tsp Olive Oil
• ¼ cup dried Sour Cherries
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 1/3 cup Slivered Almonds
• ¼ tsp Saffron
• Salt (to taste)
• Pepper (to taste)

• Preheat oven to 375 °F.
• Boil salted water in a pan and pour rice. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain the rice.
• Dry roast almonds, stirring continuously, on medium heat.
• Mix saffron with some hot water and mix with the rice.
• Flavor with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a pan.
• Add cherries and sugar. Mix and cook, stirring continuously, until sugar is dissolved.
• Place half of the rice in a greased dish and top with half of the cherries and almonds.
• Layer the remaining rice on top and cover with the leftover cherries and almonds.
• Pour butter on the top.
• Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes or until rice is completely cooked.
• Serve hot.