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Beetroot Risotto with Blood Orange & Rocket Salad
Who can resist the brightness of this beetroot risotto? Made easy and speedy with our NEW quick risotto-style rice, this bowlful is packed with flavour, enriched with nutty cashew butter, zingy yoghurt and aged balsamic vinegar. Top it all off with a citrussy orange and rocket salad to balance the earthiness of beetroot - and dinner is ready.
4 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 blood orange
- 4 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
- 200g raw beetroot
- 2 shallot
- 250g cooked short grain brown rice (Cooked Wholegrain Risotto Rice 97% (Water, Risotto Rice), Sunflower Oil, Salt.)
- 1 tbsp aged balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Aged Balsamic Vinegar (Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar), Xanthan Gum)
- 11g vegetable stock powder (Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Carrot Powder, Tomato Powder, Parsnip Powder, Green Bean Powder, Parsley Flakes, Lovage Root Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Mace, Ground White Pepper, Garlic Powder.)
- 80g almond yoghurt (nush) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (92%) (Filtered Water, Almond), Fava Bean Protein (4%), Thickener: Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre, Live Vegan Cultures.)
- 2 tbsp cashew butter (Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame) (cashew nuts (98%), rapeseed oil)
- 40g rocket
Nutritional Information
Calories: 610
Protein: 16g
Carbs: 74g
Fat: 29g
Ingredients
- 1 blood orange (use half)
- 250g cooked short grain brown rice (use half) (Cooked Wholegrain Risotto Rice 97% (Water, Risotto Rice), Sunflower Oil, Salt.)
- 2 tbsp cashew butter (use half) (Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame) (cashew nuts (98%), rapeseed oil)
- 11g vegetable stock powder (use half) (Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Carrot Powder, Tomato Powder, Parsnip Powder, Green Bean Powder, Parsley Flakes, Lovage Root Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Mace, Ground White Pepper, Garlic Powder.)
- 1 tbsp aged balsamic vinegar (use half) (Sulphites) (Aged Balsamic Vinegar (Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar), Xanthan Gum)
- 4 garlic clove
- 2 shallot
- 40g rocket (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh thyme (use half)
- 200g raw beetroot (use half)
- 80g almond yoghurt (nush) (use half) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (92%) (Filtered Water, Almond), Fava Bean Protein (4%), Thickener: Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre, Live Vegan Cultures.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 637
Protein: 18g
Carbs: 79g
Fat: 29g
Beetroot Risotto with Blood Orange & Rocket Salad
Who can resist the brightness of this beetroot risotto? Made easy and speedy with our NEW quick risotto-style rice, this bowlful is packed with flavour, enriched with nutty cashew butter, zingy yoghurt and aged balsamic vinegar. Top it all off with a citrussy orange and rocket salad to balance the earthiness of beetroot - and dinner is ready.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out a grater, a peeler, a large saucepan & a large mixing bowl
Prep time
- Trim, peel and coarsely grate the beetroot. Thinly slice the shallots
- Strip the thyme from the stalks and finely chop. Finely chop or crush the garlic
Cook the veg
- Heat the large saucepan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the grated beetroot, garlic, thyme and half the shallots
- Cook for 5-7 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened. Season with salt and pepper
Meanwhile, make the salad
- Peel the orange and slice into discs
- Add the orange, rocket and remaining shallots to the large mixing bowl. Drizzle with half the aged balsamic
Make the risotto
- Add the rice to the pan and break it up with a wooden spoon
- Add 250ml hot water (125ml for 1 person) to the pan along with the stock powder
- Cook for 2-3 mins, then stir in the cashew butter and half the yoghurt
- Simmer for 3-5 mins, until thickened. Once cooked, stir in the rice and season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- Spoon the risotto into bowls and top with some of the orange and rocket salad
- Serve the remaining salad on the side, and drizzle over the remaining balsamic
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