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Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel

This recipe partners green asparagus with sorrel, which adds a slight bitterness and hint of acidity, and cooked rice, all blended to a rich finish with cream.

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Last modified on: May 26^th 2021

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 600 g green asparagus spears
2 200 ml liquid cream
3 2 handfuls sorrel
4 400 g cooked rice
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 1,200 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
34 min.	10 min.	44 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel

Prepare and cook 600 g green asparagus spears, then drain throroughly and cut into small pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 7 min.

Pour 200 ml liquid cream into a large saucepan on medium heat. Salt, pepper and bring to the boil.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 2 handfuls sorrel, roughly chopped, and mix in.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 400 g cooked rice...

Stage 5 - 1 min.

...then the asparagus and mix well.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Leave just to heat through, as everything is already cooked.

Check the seasoning then serve.

Garnish, if you like, with a few chive flowers.

Remarks

You can easily use white instead of green asparagus, and this can be cooked in advance, even the day before.

For an even creamier texture, replace half the cream with mascarpone.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,246 Kcal or 5,217 Kj	21 gr	57 gr	105 gr
46 %	6 %	4 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
104 Kcal or 435 Kj	2 gr	5 gr	9 gr
4 %	<1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
312 Kcal or 1,306 Kj	5 gr	14 gr	26 gr
12 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 12.13 €
Per person : 3.03 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pasta with green asparagus, Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Green asparagus omelette, Minestrone, Raw green asparagus salad, ... All
	Cooked rice: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, Rice à l'italienne, Rice with spring greens, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone , ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ham pasta bake, Sauce Normande (for fish), Moist chocolate cake, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Frozen Nougat, ... All
	Sorrel: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sorrel soup, Sorrel omelette, How to prepare sorrel, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Sorrel pesto, ... All

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