Pea risotto

Pea risotto

This risotto makes the most of peas with a pea purée, pea shoots and cooked sweet little peas

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 or 6 as a starter

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a large pan, add the onion and gently sweat for about 10 mins until really soft. Meanwhile, put 100g peas into a food processor with a ladleful of stock and whizz until completely puréed.
  2. Stir the rice into the onion, increase heat to medium and sizzle the rice for 1 min. Pour in the wine, then bubble and stir until completely absorbed. Continue cooking like this, adding a ladleful of stock at a time, and stirring continuously until the rice is tender and has a good creamy consistency - this will take 20-30 mins.
  3. Stir in the puréed peas, remaining peas, Parmesan and some seasoning, then turn off the heat and leave to stand for a few mins. Give the risotto a final stir, spoon into shallow bowls and top with some pea shoots and a drizzle of olive oil, if you like.

Per serving

274 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 17g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 11g, sugar 10g, salt 1.91 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010.

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  • Binder photo Ros

    25 April 2010

    Ros rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Have made this before without the pea shoots. Hoping to grow my own this year a la Alys Fowler, so should be even more delicious and spring like.

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  • 25 April 2010

    Yeti rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    It looked like it'd be quite nice, I was surprised at how nice it was. I'm not much of a pea lover but I'm trying to find ways I can eat more of them and this is perfect. Really enjoyed it. I used marigold bouillon for the stock and didn't bother with butter at the beginning due to me trying to eat more healthily. Didn't use any pea shoots, drizzled with truffle oil before serving.

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  • 27 May 2010

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very nice. Lovely flavours.

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  • 20 June 2010

    kiisu rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make and delicious. I used Japanese/Korean sushi rice which required much less stock.

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  • 27 July 2010

    freya's mum rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    It was ok but I did find that I got a bit bored of eating it before I finished. Would be ok for a starter but not a main meal

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  • 06 August 2010

    miss.christina commented on this recipe

    Does anyone know if the calorie count is for it as 4 servings or 6? Thanks x

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  • 15 August 2010

    xEYEter rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This risotto is quite delicious. The calorie count is totally incorrect, regardless of any of the portions. For 6 servings (onion: 125 g). Per serving: 361 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 56g, fat 8g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 5g, sugar n/a, salt n/a

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  • 03 January 2011

    Sonali rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was very easy to make. I used frozen peas and didn't have any pea shoots. I added more cheese than the recipe stated. I would have given it a 3, but my boyfriend thought it was a 4. But i it was good for using up things I already had in the kitchen.

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  • 26 April 2011

    little chef rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really easy to make, not alot of ingredients and tasted delicious, and i dont feel it suffered from my lack of pea shoots. I added pancetta to it to give it alittle more variety of texture and flavour and this worked really well.

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  • 10 May 2011

    sailorgirl commented on this recipe

    Made this as a main for 2 not a starter. Was great, took 20 mins on a medium heat adding stock and stirring to make a great risotto. I used extra mature cheddar as I struggle finding vegetarian parmesan. Just at the end I also added a small handful of chopped chives. We both really enjoyed it.

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  • 07 November 2011

    JulietK commented on this recipe

    Any suggestions as to what I could use instead of the white wine?!

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  • 11 January 2012

    Stormcooper rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 26 May 2012

    Hannah85 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was a brilliant recipe! Made it as a main and it was delicious. I used frozen peas but looking forward to using our own home grown peas when they are ready as sure it will give it even more flavour. Can't wait to make again!

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  • 25 June 2012

    Sali rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    THis was ok but lacked something. HAve had much better rissottos.

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  • 03 August 2012

    JaneK rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    For the lady who found it a bit much to wade through on its own, or for those who found it a little on the dull side, we tend to make less of it & serve it, still as the 'main event', with either a small portion of gammon or cold leftover pork from a Sunday roast, both of which go with it perfectly! Obviously this isn't very 'vegetarian' but perhaps others, like me, who aren't vegetarian, enjoy browsing & using recipes from this section anyway!

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  • 03 April 2013

    Pichona commented on this recipe

    I really enjoyed this dish. I substituted the pea shoots with some thinly sliced slightly panned fried zucchini for texture. I also used good quality verjuice instead of white wine.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 or 6 as a starter

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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Per serving

274 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 17g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 11g, sugar 10g, salt 1.91 g

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