Riz Djon-djon (Rice with Black Haitian Mushrooms)

Ingredients

• •2 cups long grain rice
• •1 cup Haitian black mushrooms (dried)
• •2 finely chopped cloves garlic
• •4 tablespoons butter
• •Salt, pepper and a little thyme

Directions

1. 1Remove the stems from the mushrooms and soak them in a cup of hot water for 30 minutes.
2. 2Soak the heads in a separate cup of hot water.
3. 3Sauté the rice and garlic in butter then add all other ingredients including the water used to soak the mushrooms (discard the mushroom stems which are inedible).
4. 4Cook for 20 minutes.