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By: F T.

Description:
Time: 40 min (15 min to prepare, 25 min to cook)
Meal type: Dinner
Ethnicity: Eastern European
Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients:
3 tablespoon olive oil
1 each large onion, chopped
1 each large fennel bulb, chopped (sometimes fennel is not available, so I used about 2 - 3 teaspoons of fennel seeds)
5 each large cloves garlic, minced
2 cups Arborio rice
1 each x 14 1/2 oz. can vegetable broth
1 each x 16 oz. can stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 cup dry vermouth (I've left this out before and the flavor was just fine)
2 teaspoon dried thyme
0.5 teaspoon saffron threads or 1/4 teaspoon ground saffron
0.25 teaspoon cayenne
1 each x 14 oz. can artichoke hearts, drained, cut through hearts into 1/2" wedges (I used the marinated artichokes in the oil and drai
1 each large yellow or red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1" chunks
1 each x 10 oz. package frozen sugar snap peas or 1 1/2 cups frozen peas (I use fresh snow pea pods or sugar snap when available)
0.25 cup chopped fresh cilantro (If fresh isn't available I use dried)
Directions:
(I also add more vegetables when possible, like a few fresh chopped mushrooms, some corn, more than the recommended bell peppers, etc.)
Heat oil in Dutch oven (I don't know what a Dutch oven is, so I just use a large soup/chilli pot) over medium heat.
Add onion, fennel and garlic, cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Stir in rice, cook 1 minute. Add broth, tomatoes, vermouth, thyme, saffron and cayenne, bring to a boil.
Stir in artichocke hearts and bell pepper; return to boil.
Cover, simmer over low heat 20 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed.
Stir in sugar snap peas or peas; cover and continue to simmer 2 minutes.
If you're using fresh veggies and you want them cooked a little more, just add them to the pot earlier.
Simmer until remaining liquid is absorbed.
Garnish with cilantro
(if I used the dried, I already added it) and fronds from fresh fennel bulb.
This can be reheated, just add more broth or water when doing so.
Notes:




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