Baked Jeweled Wild Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup U.S.-grown wild rice blend
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• kosher salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• ¼ teaspoon ground fennel
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• ½ cup toasted sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• olive sun-dried tomato tapenade
• ⅓ cup chopped kalamata olives
• ⅓ cup chopped castelvetrano olives
• ⅓ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
• ⅓ cup chopped parsley
• 1 garlic minced
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper