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How To Make Green Pea Risotto

Green Pea Risotto Recipe. This enticing recipe for green pea risotto makes a perfect vegetarian rice dish. It can also be varied by adding seafood. Experience our Green Pea Risotto recipe. Enlarge

How To Make Green Pea Risotto

Green Pea Risotto Recipe. This enticing recipe for green pea risotto makes a perfect vegetarian rice dish. It can also be varied by adding seafood. Experience our Green Pea Risotto recipe.

Prep:
10m
Cook:
35m
Total:
45m
Serves:
4

Step 1: You will need…

  • 350 g short grain rice
  • 500 ml chicken stock
  • 700 ml water
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 50 ml dry vermouth
  • 60 g butter
  • 30 g parmesan cheese
  • 300 g frozen green peas
  • 2 tbsp chopped mint
  • 100 ml dry white wine
  • 3 shallots
  • salt
  • pepper
  • a few shavings of parmesan
  • 1 low-sided saucepan
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 ladle
  • 1 blender
  • 1 small bowl
  • 1 spoon

Step 2: Purée the peas

To begin, put the peas in a blender and just pulse the dial a few times. You want to achieve a rough purée and not a fine one.

Step 3: Heat the stock and water

Put the stock and water into a saucepan and bring it to a simmer. After simmering, move the pan to another oven plate set at a low heat to keep the stock warm.

Step 4: Sweat the shallots

Place the low-sided saucepan over a moderate temperature to heat. Next, add the olive oil and then the shallots. Sweat them for a few minutes while stirring from time to time but do not leave them long enough to turn brown.

Step 5: Mix the rice and shallots together

Add the rice to the shallots and mix well until all the rice is coated with oil. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 6: Add the alcohol

Pour in the wine followed by the vermouth and stir until completely absorbed by the rice.

Step 7: Add the stock

Pour in three ladles of stock and then stir well. When the stock has been absorbed, add a further ladle. Keep adding more until the rice is almost fully cooked and the consistency is creamy but not too runny. This will take about fifteen minutes.

Step 8: TIP

A Videojug tip - Stirring releases the starch making the risotto more creamy.

Step 9: Add the peas

Add the pea purée that was prepared earlier. Mix the peas and the rice together until the risotto has a uniform colouring.

Step 10: Finish the risotto

Just before serving, fold small amounts of butter into the risotto then mix well. Do this a couple of times. Then add the parmesan, mint, and season with salt and pepper.

Step 11: Serve immediately

If you would like to vary the risotto slightly, you could add seafood. In this case it is best to leave out the parmesan cheese.