Leek, Mushroom and Olive Risotto

Serves: 4 as a main, 6 as a side
Prep & Cooking: 20-30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • ½ leek (or 1 onion, red or white)
  • 100-150g mushrooms
  • 2-3 cloves garlic

From the cupboard:

  • 10 olives
  • 200g rice
  • cooking oil
  • ½ teaspoon mild curry powder
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • soy sauce
  • salt to taste

Method:

  1. Fry the rice with mild curry for a minute. Add boiling water (1 part rice to 4 parts water) and leave to cook. Just before it’s ready add the olives.
  2. Roughly chop the leeks and mushrooms and stir-fry for about 5-10 mins. Add paprika, dried basil and soy sauce while stirring. Remove from the stove and mix with crushed garlic.
  3. You can either mix the the mushrooms with the cooked rice or serve them on top of a bed of rice. Serve with parmesan (optional).

Recipe and image by Pavlina.