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Cream of Wild Rice Soup
by Jes Mostek
serves: 8
  A Minnesota Favorite! The ultimate comfort food!
Ingredients:
  6 T.   butter
  2 T.   minced onion
  1/2 c.   flour
  4 c.   chicken broth
  2 c.   cooked wild rice
  1/2 c.   ham, finely diced
  1/2 c.   carrots, coursely grated
  3 T.   almonds, slivered & chopped
  1/2 tsp.   seasoned salt
  1 c.   half & half
  1/4 c.   dry sherry
Directions:
  Melt butter in saucepan. Saute onion until tender. Remove from heat. Blend in flour. Gradually add broth, whisking constantly.

Return pan to burner, and cook over a medium flame, stirring constantly unitl mixture comes to a boil. Boil 5 minutes.

Stir in rice, ham, carrots, almonds and salt; simmer about 2 minutes (until carrots are tender).

Blend in half & half and sherry. Heat to serving temperature, but do not allow mixture to boil.