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Creamy mushroom rice with porcini
Delicious creamy mushroom rice with porcini (boletus edulis) mushrooms.
INGREDIENTS
- 1,8 cup rice
- 0,88 lbs fresh mushrooms (preferably porcini)
- 1 onion
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 0,13 lbs butter
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp sour cream
- salt, black pepper, parsley
- 1 glass of wine (optional)
- 6 tbsp parmesan cheese
INSTRUCTIONS
- Clean the mushrooms and remove the leaves, pieces of wood and the remains of the soil. Slice them into pieces.
- Heat the butter in a pan and saute the porcini until the excess water evaporates.
- Heat three tablespoons of olive oil in a big cooking pan. In the meantime, dice the garlic and the onion. Add the onion and stir until it looks golden yellow, tender and translucent.
- Add the rice to the pan and toast it for a few minutes.
- Add sour cream and garlic. Finally, bring in the stir-fried porcini mushrooms. Make sure that all ingredients combine.
- Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and black pepper and pour in a glass of water (or wine). The rice should be covered with liquid, but do not add more than one small glass at a time.
- When almost boiling, reduce to the lowest heat. Stir frequently.
- Cook for about 15-20 minutes. Just before the rice is cooked, add fresh parsley, turn of the heat and let it rest (covered with a lid) for few minutes.
- Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve with a glass of white wine.
NOTES
- For best results use fresh porcini mushrooms. Cook the mushrooms the same day you've picked them or bought them, do not keep them more than two days in the refrigerator.
- Do not wash the mushrooms, clean them with a dry piece of cloth and remove the dirt by hand. Do not wash the rice either.
- Make the creamy rice with porcini whole year round using frozen or dried mushrooms
- When adding water to the rice the recipe works best if the water (or broth) is hot.
- Stir the rice while cooking frequently, preferably almost all the time. Frequent stirring will scrap the starch from the rice grains and the rice will get a creamier texture.
- For a richer taste add a glass of white wine instead of water.
- For a different, but still delicious creamy rice, replace a half of the amount of porcini with Russula and/or Leccinum mushroom.
- Skip the butter and sour cream for a vegan variation or add vegan cream cheese to the rice.
- For a different, but incredibly tasty dish replace the rice with barley or even better, buckwheat porridge,
Nutrition
Calories: 465kcal