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Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone

Fresh spring vegetables (peas and young broad beans here) with white rice, made creamy at the last minute with a little mascarpone.

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Last modified on: July 3^rd 2022

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 ¹⁄₃ cup broad beans
2 1 ¹⁄₃ cup peas
3 1 spring onion (scallion)
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 2 cups cooked rice
6 ¼ cup Mascarpone
7 parsley
8 1 chive flowers (optional)

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23 min.	14 min.	37 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone

Prepare 1 ¹⁄₃ cup broad beans. Choose very young ones that you can use whole. See these tips.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Cut into small chunks.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Boil until tender..

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Drain and cool under cold running water, then dry in a salad spinner and set aside..

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Using the same pan of water, cook 1 ¹⁄₃ cup peas until tender.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Drain, cool under cold running water, and set aside.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Prepare 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan. When good and hot add the spring onion.

Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Add the vegetables and mix.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Add the rice and mix again.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

Finish by adding ¼ cup Mascarpone.

Leave to heat through for a few minutes. Just before serving add the chopped parsley.

Stage 12

Serve with a drizzle of olive oil or lemon juice, whichever you prefer, and garnish with a few chive flowers, if you have them.

Remarks

You can use cancoillotte instead of mascarpone, as it works well.

If you don't have baby broad beans, use the larger ones, shelled.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,468 Kcal or 6,146 Kj	38 gr	113 gr	99 gr
73 %	15 %	11 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
131 Kcal or 548 Kj	3 gr	10 gr	9 gr
7 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
367 Kcal or 1,537 Kj	9 gr	28 gr	25 gr
18 %	4 %	3 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.62 €
Per person : 0.91 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Broad beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salade Niçoise, Summer Salmon Blanquette, Vegetable pie, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, ... All
	Cooked rice: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, Creamy rice with spinach, Prawn salad with a crunch, Tomatoes Provençal, Rice à la grecque, ... All
	Peas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Chinese style chicken, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Pea risotto "Mantecare", Tomato ladybirds, ... All
	Mascarpone: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pistachio tiramisu, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Leek and artichoke tart à la piémontaise, Tiramisu, Framboisier, ... All

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