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🍽️ Creative Rice with Peas and Ham

452 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g wild rice mix
• salt
• 150 g snow peas
• 40 g parmesan (1 piece)
• 125 g parma ham
• 3 sprigs basil
• 1 onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 30 g yogurt butter (2 tbsp)
• 300 g fine peas (frozen)
• 200 ml Mediterranean vegetable broth
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Cook the wild rice mix in salted water, exactly according to the instructions on the package.
2. 2. Thoroughly wash the snow peas.
3. 3. Cut the snow peas in half crosswise so they fall into small pieces.
4. 4. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
5. 5. Add the halved snow peas to the boiling water.
6. 6. Cook the peas for about one minute.
7. 7. Drain the snow peas.
8. 8. Rinse the peas briefly under cold, running water to stop the cooking process.
9. 9. Let the snow peas drain well.
10. 10. Grate half of the Parmesan cheese finely.
11. 11. Cut the Parma ham into small, bite-sized pieces.
12. 12. Wash the fresh basil.
13. 13. Spin the basil dry to remove excess water.
14. 14. Pluck the basil leaves from the stems.
15. 15. Cut the basil leaves into small strips or pieces.
16. 16. Peel the onion.
17. 17. Peel the garlic clove.
18. 18. Dice the onion very finely.
19. 19. Dice the garlic very finely.
20. 20. Heat the butter in a large pan.
21. 21. Add the diced onion to the hot butter.
22. 22. Add the diced garlic to the pan.
23. 23. Sauté the onion and garlic until they are soft and translucent.
24. 24. Add the frozen peas to the pan.
25. 25. Pour 150 milliliters of broth into the pan.
26. 26. Bring the mixture in the pan to a boil.
27. 27. Cover the pan with a lid.
28. 28. Cook the peas over medium heat for three minutes.
29. 29. Drain the cooked rice into a sieve.
30. 30. Add the drained rice to the pan with the peas.
31. 31. Add the prepared snow peas to the pan.
32. 32. Add the finely grated Parmesan to the pan.
33. 33. Season the dish with salt to taste.
34. 34. Season the dish with pepper to taste.
35. 35. Gently fold the ham pieces into the rice.
36. 36. Gently fold the basil pieces into the rice.
37. 37. If necessary, stir in a little extra broth into the dish.
38. 38. Take the remaining Parmesan cheese.
39. 39. Use a vegetable peeler to shave thin slices of the remaining Parmesan over the rice.
40. 40. Serve the finished dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 452
• Protein: 19 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 61 g