I have been on a cooking roll recently, trying out countless new recipes, making things myself so I know exactly what is in what I'm eating! I instagrammed this picture and loads of you asked for the recipe, so here goes!
You will need:
- around 250g of arborio rice
- one chopped onion
- a handful of asparagus tips
- bacon/bacon lardons
- frozen peas
- 750ml of vegetable stock
-125ml white wine (plus a glass for whilst you cook!)
- 30g of parmesan
- butter
- a clove or two of garlic (to taste)
To start, add the chopped onions and garlic to hot butter (about a tbsp) and fry slowly til soft. Then add the rice and keep it moving constantly on a high height for 2-3 minutes. Pour in the wine and allow the rice to absorb it on a medium heat. Once the liquid has been absorbed, add the first 250ml of stock. Mix gently and then leave the rice to absorb. Then add another 250ml of stock.
In another pan, heat another spoon of butter and fry your chopped up bacon or bacon lardons. You can use as much or as little bacon as you like, or leave it out completely if you're veggie. Once the bacon is cooked through add your chopped up asparagus tips (I like to chop them to roughly inch long pieces) and toss. After 2-3 minutes take the pan off the heat and add two or three handfuls of frozen peas, and let the residual heat of the pan cook them.
Add the last 250ml of stock to the rice and once that has absorbed taste the rice. It should be cooked perfectly by now but it may need a little more stock! Once the rice is cooked how you like it, mix in the bacon, asparagus & peas, and grate the parmesan into the pan. Mix it up all good and proper, add salt and pepper to taste, and serve with a little extra parmesan on top. All of this shouldn't take more than 25 minutes!
So there we go! If you try this recipe please instagram or tweet me a picture! What are your favourite quick and easy meals?
