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Buckwheat vegetable risotto

The best vegetarian risotto, this healthy recipe is packed with nutritious buckwheat and vegetables. Try the gluten-free and vegan option!

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 2 people
Ratings: 3.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1-2 cups reduced-salt vegetable stock (see tips)
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • ½ onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • ½ cup buckwheat
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms
  • 1 cup broccoli florets
  • 2 cups rocket
  • ¹/³ cup grated parmesan
  • cracked black pepper, to taste
  • fresh parsley, to garnish
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a saucepan set over a medium heat, bring stock to near boiling. Reduce heat.

    2 In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium. Add onion, garlic and carrot and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add buckwheat and cook, stirring, for 1 minute, to toast the buckwheat. Add wine and stir until evaporated.

    3 Add mushrooms to pan and stir to combine.

    4 Add hot stock, a half-cup at a time. Stir and allow to evaporate before adding next lot of liquid. After 10 minutes of cooking, add broccoli and stir to combine.

    5 Continue cooking and adding stock, using as much as you need to, until buckwheat is tender – about 15 minutes in total. Add rocket at the end of cooking and stir through.

    6 Remove from heat and stir through half of the parmesan and pepper. Serve risotto garnished with remaining parmesan, pepper and parsley.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check stock is gluten free.

    Make it vegan: Replace parmesan with Angel Food parmesan alternative. Check wine is vegan.

    HFG tip

    Instead of buckwheat, you can make this risotto with pearl barley.

    NOTE: If you have a nut allergy and are using packaged goods in recipes, please check the allergen warning on the packet regarding nuts.

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