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Pan-fried courgette risotto with courgette tempura and tomato ragu
Photo: Markus Spiske

Pan-fried courgette risotto with courgette tempura and tomato ragu

21 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

A lovely dish for a summer day, when courgettes are at their best. You could make the risotto a day in advance and fry it just before serving.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1379
Calories
63g
Protein
51g
Fat
160g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Mascarpone 2 tbsp (28g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 75g/2¾oz butter
  • 1 onion
  • 1 garlic
  • 250g/9oz arborio or other Italian risotto rice
  • 150ml/5fl oz dry white wine
  • 1 litre/1¾ pints chicken stock
  • 200g/7oz courgette
  • 3 tbsp mascarpone
  • 40g/1½oz parmesan
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 x 400g/14oz tin chopped tomatoes
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 large handful fresh basil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • , for frying vegetable oil
  • 50g/2oz plain flour
  • 50g/2oz cornflour
  • pinch salt
  • 125ml/4fl oz sparkling water
  • 1 courgette

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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