- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Serving: 2
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 422
- Fat Content: 10g
- Saturated Fat Content: 5g
- Carbohydrate Content: 64g
- Sugar Content: 13g
- Fiber Content: 11g
- Protein Content: 17g
- Sodium Content: 0.9g
Squash, mushroom & gorgonzola pilaf
Ingredients
- rapeseed-oil - 1 tsp rapeseed oil
- onion - 1 large onion, halved and sliced
- garlic-clove - 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- butternut-squash - 200g chunk butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and diced
- button-mushroom - 140g small button mushroom
- basmati-rice - 125g brown basmati rice
- vegetable-stock - 700ml reduced-salt vegetable stock
- mushroom - 10 pieces dried mushroom, chopped
- sage - 2 tsp chopped fresh sage
- parsley - small pack parsley, chopped, stalks and leaves separated
- gorgonzola - 40g gorgonzola, crumbled
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan, add the onion and garlic, and fry for 5 mins. Tip in the squash and button mushrooms, and cook for a few mins more. Stir in the rice, then pour in the stock. Stir well, then add the dried mushroom, sage and parsley stalks. Cover and simmer over a low heat for 35-40 mins until the rice is tender - check towards the end of cooking and add a little water if the rice has absorbed all the stock. If there is a lot of liquid, uncover and cook for an additional 5-10 mins.
- Take off the heat, fold in the parsley leaves and cheese with some black pepper, then allow to stand for 5 mins before serving.
Healthy rice recipe for 2 people, takes only 50 mins; recipe has rapeseed oil, onion, garlic clove, butternut squash, button mushroom, basmati rice, vegetable stock, mushroom, sage, parsley and gorgonzola.
