Senese (Siena Style) Green Rice with Spinach |
- 300 grams of semi-fine rice
- 300 grams of well washed spinach leaves
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 small bunch each of parsley and tarragon
- 100 grams of butter
- 2 meat stock cubes
- 1 nutmeg
- salt and pepper
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Prepare one litre of strong stock with the stock cubes, keep
it ready at boiling point. Put the garlic, parsley and tarragon in the blender
with half the butter and half the stock, blend mixing all ingredients well.
Grate half the nutmeg, add the spinach and blend together until you have
a runny puree. In a pan put the remaining butter and one ladle of stock
when this is liquid add 2 or 3 spoons of spinach puree and the rice, stirring
often. Cook very slowly for 20 minutes making sure to add all the remaining
spinach puree and the stock in order to give it its full flavour and consistency. |
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