Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, green veg & pesto risotto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Green Veg & Pesto Risotto is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Green Veg & Pesto Risotto is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook green veg & pesto risotto using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Green Veg & Pesto Risotto:
- Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
- Take 1 white onion
- Take 1/2 tsp mixed herbs
- Make ready 150 g arborio rice
- Prepare 1 Stock cube (I love Kallo mushroom)
- Prepare 700 ml boiling water
- Get Green veg (see below)
- Prepare 75 g fresh pesto
- Take Parmesan and pine nuts to serve
- Take to taste Pepper
- Get Green Veg - I used:
- Get Sugar snap peas
- Get Fine green beans
- Prepare Tenderstem broccoli
- Make ready Petit pois peas
- Make ready Spinach
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Steps to make Green Veg & Pesto Risotto:
- Boil the kettle. Dice the onion. Add the oil and onion to a large pan and soften the onion for 5 mins on a low heat. Add a punch of dried mixed herbs and stir.
- Add the stock cube to 700ml boiling water and stir to dissolve.
- Add the rice to the pan and stir to coat the rice in the oil. Stir until the rice is translucent. (Approx 2-3 mins)
- Add a small amount of stock. Stir. Repeat this, slowly adding water and stirring until the rice is cooked (approx 20-30 mins). Keep the pan on a low heat so it absorbs the stock slowly.
- Meanwhile, boil your greens (not the peas) for 5-10 mins so they cook but are still crunchy. You can use any greens you have in your fridge. You want approximately 2 large handfuls of greens per person. Once cooked, drain and set to the side.
- Once the rice is cooked add the greens, frozen peas, pesto, and black pepper. Stir. The peas heat through really quickly!
- Serve into bowls and garnish with Parmesan and pine nuts.
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