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🍽️ Creamy Millet with Fresh Nettles

553 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g millet
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tbsp butter
• 500 ml vegetable broth
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 300 g young nettle
• 1 shallot
• 200 g feta cheese
• oil (for the dish)
• 50 g crème fraîche

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the millet in a fine sieve with hot water and let it drain well.
2. 2. Peel the garlic and cut it into very small cubes.
3. 3. Heat butter in a pan and sauté the garlic cubes briefly.
4. 4. Add the drained millet to the pan and stir briefly.
5. 5. Deglaze the millet with the vegetable broth.
6. 6. Let the millet simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
7. 7. Wait until the broth is almost completely absorbed and the millet is soft.
8. 8. Season the millet generously with salt and pepper.
9. 9. Remove the pan from the heat.
10. 10. Wash the nettles thoroughly and remove coarse stems.
11. 11. Boil water with salt and blanch the nettles briefly.
12. 12. Shock the nettles immediately with cold water to stop the cooking process.
13. 13. Let the nettles drain well.
14. 14. Roughly chop the drained nettles.
15. 15. Peel the shallot and dice it finely.
16. 16. Crumble the cheese with your hands.
17. 17. Mix the chopped nettles with the shallot and the cheese.
18. 18. Season the nettle mixture with salt and pepper.
19. 19. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
20. 20. Set the oven to top and bottom heat.
21. 21. Brush a baking dish with oil.
22. 22. Spread the cooked millet evenly in the baking dish.
23. 23. Spread the crème fraîche evenly over the millet layer.
24. 24. Place the nettle-cheese mixture in the center of the crème fraîche.
25. 25. Bake the dish for about 25 minutes in the oven.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 553
• Protein: 21 g · Fett/Fat: 32 g · Carbs: 46 g