Fruitful Rice Salad with Pesto
Prep: 10min
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Servings: 4
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Cook: 30min
A fruity rice salad with pesto is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the rice salad category. Try this and other recipes by Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 250 g long grain rice
- Salt
- 50 g crème fraîche
- 120 g arugula pesto (1 jar)
- 1 sweet-sour apple
- 50 g walnut kernels
- Salt
- freshly ground pepper
- apple slices (and wild herbs for garnish)
Instructions
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1.
Wash the rice under running water in a sieve, bring to a boil with slightly salted water at just below boiling point and let it simmer covered on low heat for about 25 minutes until drained.
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2.
Roast the walnuts in a non-stick pan without fat, cool them, then roughly chop. Peel, halve, core, and dice the apple as desired. Place the rice in a bowl. Mix crème fraîche with the pesto, season with salt and pepper, fold in the apples and two-thirds of the nuts, then combine with the rice. Cover and chill for about 1 hour before serving.
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3.
Serve garnished with apple slices (or wedges) and wild herbs.
