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Prep 15 minCook 35 minServes 4
Ingredients
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380 g arborio rice (dry)
800 ml reduced-salt vegetable stock (800 g)
570 ml water (570 g)
50 ml extra-virgin olive oil (46 g)
1 large leek, finely sliced (200 g)
2 garlic cloves, chopped (10 g)
400 g zucchini, diced
200 g frozen peas
35 g unsalted butter
70 g parmesan, finely grated
25 ml lemon juice (25 g)
10 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Iodised table salt, to taste
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Bring the stock and water to a bare simmer in a saucepan and keep it there. Cold stock stalls the rice every time you add it.
Warm the oil in a wide heavy pan over medium-low heat and cook the leek with a pinch of salt for 8 minutes, until soft and sweet. Add the garlic for a minute.
Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes, until the grains look glassy at the edges with a white dot at the centre.
Add a ladle of hot stock and stir until it has almost gone, then repeat. After about 12 minutes, stir in the zucchini and carry on adding stock.
Keep going for 18-22 minutes in total. The rice is ready when the grains are tender with the faintest firmness at the core and the risotto spreads slowly when you spoon it flat. You may not need all the stock.
Stir in the peas and cook 2 minutes more, then take the pan off the heat.
Beat in the butter, parmesan and lemon juice, cover and rest 2 minutes. Loosen with a last splash of stock if it has tightened, then serve with the parsley and plenty of pepper.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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Zucchini, Pea & Lemon Risotto
Serves 4 · Prep 15 min · Cook 35 min
A stirred risotto of arborio rice with soft leek, zucchini and green peas, finished with lemon and parmesan.
Ingredients
380 g arborio rice (dry)
800 ml reduced-salt vegetable stock (800 g)
570 ml water (570 g)
50 ml extra-virgin olive oil (46 g)
1 large leek, finely sliced (200 g)
2 garlic cloves, chopped (10 g)
400 g zucchini, diced
200 g frozen peas
35 g unsalted butter
70 g parmesan, finely grated
25 ml lemon juice (25 g)
10 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Iodised table salt, to taste
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2666 kJ / 637.3 kcal · protein 18.1 g · carbohydrate 79.7 g · fibre 7.3 g · fat 25.3 g · sodium 673.7 mg
Method
Bring the stock and water to a bare simmer in a saucepan and keep it there. Cold stock stalls the rice every time you add it.
Warm the oil in a wide heavy pan over medium-low heat and cook the leek with a pinch of salt for 8 minutes, until soft and sweet. Add the garlic for a minute.
Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes, until the grains look glassy at the edges with a white dot at the centre.
Add a ladle of hot stock and stir until it has almost gone, then repeat. After about 12 minutes, stir in the zucchini and carry on adding stock.
Keep going for 18-22 minutes in total. The rice is ready when the grains are tender with the faintest firmness at the core and the risotto spreads slowly when you spoon it flat. You may not need all the stock.
Stir in the peas and cook 2 minutes more, then take the pan off the heat.
Beat in the butter, parmesan and lemon juice, cover and rest 2 minutes. Loosen with a last splash of stock if it has tightened, then serve with the parsley and plenty of pepper.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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