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Rocket and risotto salad
Serves 6 + wheatfree

This salad could also be equally served warm. Instead of the rocket one could top the salad with mushrooms pan fried in butter.

For the risotto rice
Olive oil
1 small onion
1 clove of garlic
200g? risotto rice
3 sprigs fresh oregano
100g sun dried tomatoes
100g toasted pine nuts
vegetable stock
Salt and black pepper
Handful of fresh basil

Rocket leaves
balsamic vinegar
Parmesan cheese
Heat some olive oil in a pan and fry the onions and crushed garlic until soft and starting to brown. Add the rice and cook it with the onions for a few minutes stirring it regularly. Add the vegetable stock a little bit at a time until the rice is nearly cooked through. Keep stirring at regular intervals. Stir in the chopped sun dried tomatoes, pine nuts and basil and season with the salt and black pepper. Allow it to cool.

when you want to serve the salad press the risotto into a large pastry cutter to form six rounds of rice. Slice six tomatoes and arrange them onto your serving plates. Lift the rice moulds onto them. Dress some rocket with olive oil and balsamic vinegar or your favourite dressing and arrange it on the rice. Finish with some shavings of parmesan cheese.