Green Risotto with Favas, Peas & Rabbit
Makes 4 Servings
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WINE PAIRING | |
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| White Bordeaux | ||
This striking green risotto is packed with flavor (and nutrition). We’ve omitted the traditional parmesan cheese here to let the flavors of the herbs & greens shine through, but you could totally put it back in if you wanted to. Stirred into the risotto are juicy peas & creamy blanched fava beans, which add texture without disrupting the visual effect.
Top that with a slow-cooked sous vide rabbit leg and you’re in business (though you could omit the rabbit & swap vegetable stock in for the chicken broth if you wanted a vegetarian version).
INGREDIENTS
- Green Broth:
- 1 cup Arugula Leaves
- 3 cups Spinach
- 2 cups Watercress
- 1 cup Parsley
- 4 1/4 cups Low Sodium Chicken Stock/Broth (could substitute vegetable stock)
- 1lb Fava Beans
- ½ cup Leek, small diced
- ½ cup Onion, small diced
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 cups Vialone Nano Rice
- ½ cup Dry White Wine
- 1 tsp minced Tarragon
- ½ cup Frozen Peas
- ¼ cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- Honey to Taste
- High Heat Oil
DIRECTIONS
1
If Cooking the Rabbit Sous Vide, preheat your water bath 145°F. Season the rabbit legs with salt, vacuum pack them, and lower them into the bath.
Once the bath returns to temperature, start your timer & cook for 4 hours.
2
Combine the broth ingredients in a blender and blend until very smooth.
3
Shuck the fava beans. Blanch the beans in boiling water for 2 minutes, then scoop them out & into an ice bath to shock them.
4
Take the fava beans out of the bath. Pinch off a corner of the skin (or gently slit it with a paring knife) on each one, then squeeze the bean out of the skin.
5
Sweat the leek & onion in a hot, oiled skillet or frying pan over medium low heat, until translucent.
6
Pour in the rice & stir to coat it with oil & toast it until it smells nutty.
7
Deglaze the pan with the white wine. Then continue to cook, adding installments of the green broth, following the risotto technique
8
Remove the rabbit legs from the sous vide bath & their vacuum bags. Dry off any surface moisture.
9
When the rice is almost cooked, stir in the tarragon, peas, and peeled fava beans.
10
Continue to cook. When the rice is done, stir in the lemon juice. Taste & add honey and additional salt as necessary.
11
Sear the legs in a very hot, oiled frying pan until they’re well browned on all sides. You don’t want to cook their interior any further, you just want a nice brown, caramelized crust.
12
Serve the risotto with a rabbit leg for each serving.