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🍽️ Rice Towers with Pea Sauce

346 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Salt
• 500 g unpolished short-grain rice
• 1 l unsweetened carrot juice
• 200 g Edamer (30 % fat in dry matter)
• 60 g pumpkin seeds (4 tbsp)
• 2 tbsp dried mint (for tea) or 1 tea bag
• 400 g peas (frozen)
• 200 ml milk (1.5 % fat)
• Pepper
• Nutmeg
• 70 ml whipping cream

Instructions

1. 1. Add 500 milliliters of water and one teaspoon of salt to a pot and bring to a boil.
2. 2. Add the rice and cook covered on low heat for 10 minutes.
3. 3. Stir the carrot juice into the rice.
4. 4. Continue to cook the rice on low heat for another 50 minutes.
5. 5. If the liquid has evaporated, add a little water if necessary.
6. 6. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater while the rice cooks.
7. 7. Toast the pumpkin seeds in a non-stick pan until fragrant.
8. 8. Remove the seeds from the pan and let them cool on a plate.
9. 9. 15 minutes before the rice is done, bring 200 milliliters of water to a boil.
10. 10. Let the mint steep in the hot water for 5 to 7 minutes.
11. 11. Strain the tea into a small pot.
12. 12. Bring the mint liquid to a boil.
13. 13. Add the peas to the boiling liquid.
14. 14. Cook the peas on low heat for about 3 minutes.
15. 15. Add the milk.
16. 16. Puree the mixture finely with a hand blender.
17. 17. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
18. 18. Grate some nutmeg directly into the sauce.
19. 19. Fold the grated cheese into the hot rice until it melts.
20. 20. Rinse a cup (220 milliliters) with cold water.
21. 21. Fill a portion of rice into the cup.
22. 22. Press the rice down lightly.
23. 23. Turn the rice tower out onto a plate.
24. 24. Repeat the process with the remaining rice to make 9 more towers.
25. 25. Put the cream into a tall container.
26. 26. Whip the cream stiff using the beaters of a hand mixer.
27. 27. Fold the whipped cream into the pea puree.
28. 28. Pour the pea foam around the rice towers.
29. 29. Sprinkle the towers with the cooled pumpkin seeds.
30. 30. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 346
• Protein: 15 g · Fett/Fat: 9 g · Carbs: 48 g