Brown Rice with Orange and Artichokes Cream


Servings: 4
Prep time: 30
Cooking time: 40
INGREDIENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Boil the rice with the bay leaves and 700 ml of water. Add salt, put the lid on and continue for about 35 minutes, absorbing all the liquid.
  2. Divide the trimmed artichokes into 8 wedges and plunge into the water and lemon juice.
  3. Cook the potato, peeled and cutted into pieces, with 4 dried mushrooms and the artichokes in a pot with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, add salt a little, cover with a lid and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Then mix everything finily.
  4. Toast and chop the almonds. Grate a little orange zest. Then stir in the almonds, the parsley and zest.
  5. Drain the remained raw artichokes, toss them with 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil and saute over medium heat for 5 minutes along with the garlic clove.
  6. Peel the orange and reduce the flesh into small cubes.
  7. Remove the bay leaf and stir the hot rice with the artichoke cream with mushrooms.
  8. Stir in the risotto the artichokes, without the garlic, and the with almonds mixture, sprinkle with the diced orange and serve.