Spanish Style Rice

Recipes Ingredients:

1/2 lb Mushrooms, sliced
1 md Breen bell pepper, diced
4 tb Margarine
4 md Tomatoes, chopped
Salt & pepper 3
c Hot water
2 tb Sweet Wine or sherry
3 ea Whole cloves
1 sm Onion, chopped
1 ea Bay leaf
1 ea Garlic clove, minced
1 ds Cayenne
2 tb Olive oil
Parsley for garnish
1-1/2 c Long Grain rice

Recipe Instructions:

Saute mushrooms in 2 tb Margarine for a few minutes. Add salt & pepper. Cover & remove from heat. Saute the onion & Garlic in the oil & remaining margarine. Raise heat a little & add the rice, stirring till well coated. Add green pepper, tomatoes, Hot water, cloves, bay leaf, cayenne, mushrooms & stir. Cover, reduce heat & simmer for 15 minutes. Add Wine after about 10 minutes. Remove cloves & bay leaf & sprinkle with parsley before serving. Vera Gewanter, "A Passion for Vegetables"