Photo: Sorin Gheorghita
Spring pea risotto
21 ingredients
30 min + 1 hr
Serves 4-6
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Fresh, sweet peas combined with luxurious fat grains of rice makes for an exceptional spring dish, with just enough heartiness if the weather isn’t yet that warm. For the pea pod stock, blanching the pods is essential to transform their bitter raw taste into a beautiful clean pea flavour.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
771
Calories
26g
Protein
34g
Fat
89g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Pea | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Peas | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Radish | 1/2 cup (58g) | 12 |
| Spinach | 1 cup raw (30g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Leaf | not in our table | 0 |
| Pea Shoots | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 350g/12oz fresh pea pods, shelled, shells reserved (use the shells for the stock and the peas
- 350ml/12fl oz iced water
- 100g/3½oz fresh peas
- 10g unsalted butter
- ½ onion
- 2 tbsp refined olive oil
- 1 small garlic
- 200g/7oz carnaroli rice
- 100ml/3½fl oz white wine
- 40g/1½oz freshly grated Parmesan
- ¼ lemon, juice only
- 50ml/2fl oz extra virgin olive oil
- 5g unsalted butter
- 120g/4oz baby courgettes
- 140g/5oz fresh peas
- 40g/1½oz French breakfast radish
- 40g/1½oz radish
- 40g/1½oz baby leaf spinach
- and freshly ground sea saltblack pepper
- 15g/½oz pea shoots
- 20g/¾oz Parmesan
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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