Pea risotto

30-60 minutes400 kcal or lesseasy recipeeveryday recipefamily recipefresh peasmainsover an hourpeapeasrisotto reciperisotto riceseasonal recipespringsummersummer recipevegetable risottovegetarian recipe


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Serves 4 or 6 as a starter


Ingredients

Method

Melt the butter in a large pan, add the onion and gently sweat for about 10 mins until really soft. Meanwhile, put 100g peas into a food processor with a ladleful of stock and whizz until completely puréed.

Stir the rice into the onion, increase heat to medium and sizzle the rice for 1 min. Pour in the wine, then bubble and stir until completely absorbed. Continue cooking like this, adding a ladleful of stock at a time, and stirring continuously until the rice is tender and has a good creamy consistency – this will take 20-30 mins.

Stir in the puréed peas, remaining peas, Parmesan and some seasoning, then turn off the heat and leave to stand for a few mins. Give the risotto a final stir, spoon into shallow bowls and top with some pea shoots and a drizzle of olive oil, if you like.