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Amaranth

Country of origin: Peru

Tiny but versatile and nutritious seeds. See Amaranth in Wikipedia.

Ingredients

200 gm	amaranth seeds
400 ml	FAIRTRADE Apple Juice
50 ml	FAIRTRADE white wine
FAIRTRADE	Sources Wine Fruit Juice

Method

Preparation
Pour the amaranth seeds into a non stick frying pan, and place over high heat for about 5 minutes. Some seeds will "pop", and some will toast. When you have a tasty aroma, remove from the heat.
Cooking
Bring the apple juice up to the boil in a saucepan and add the wine and amaranth seeds. Bring back to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. At this volume of liquid to seeds, there will be some juiciness left with the seeds. Assembly
Use as necessary in main courses, dessert courses, or breakfast dishes.

To serve

Variation

This is a basic "how to" recipe. Use amaranth as a component of other dishes such as Amaranth Beany Bake.