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Cheese Rice With Asparagus & Peas

Here's how you make Cheese Rice With Asparagus & Peas
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 60m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 450 grams dry rice (dry, 2 cups)
  • 6 cups chicken broth (vegetable broth or water)
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1/3 cup olive oil (extra virgin)
  • 1 medium shallot, minced
  • 150 grams frozen peas (1 cup)
  • 190 grams fresh asparagus (1 1/2 cups asparagus, chopped into small pieces)
  • 1/3 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
  • 1 cup grated fontina cheese
  • 1 teaspoon salt
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a stock pot, add broth or water and wine.

  • Step 2: Bring liquids to a boil and then turn heat to low and continue to simmer.

  • Step 3: In a separate, large cooking pot, over medium to medium-high heat, add the olive oil and shallot.

  • Step 4: Sauté until the shallot becomes translucent.

  • Step 5: Add rice and peas and sauté for a few minutes until the rice kernels become translucent and begin to pop.

  • Step 6: Add a ladle full of the broth and wine mixture to the rice and continue to stir until the liquid is almost absorbed by the rice.

  • Step 7: Continue this process until the rice has softened but still is firm enough to have a bit of a bite to it.

  • Step 8: Be careful not to add too much liquid or the rice will become too soft and mushy.

  • Step 9: At this point, add one more generous ladle of the broth wine mixture to the pan along with the asparagus and fontina and Parmigiano cheeses.

  • Step 10: Mix the ingredients thoroughly until all of the cheese has melted into the rice and the liquid is almost absorbed, approximately another 3 - 5 minutes.


We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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