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Oven-baked leek & bacon risotto
Serves
4
40 mins
40 mins
Total
10 mins
Prep
30 mins
Cook
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Ingredients
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Metric
Imperial
1
tbsp
olive oil
6
rashers
smoked back bacon
,
roughly chopped
2
leeks
,
halved lengthways and finely sliced
250
g
risotto rice
700
ml
hot chicken or vegetable stock
175
g
frozen peas
3
tbsp
soft cheese
zest 1 lemon
Instructions
°C
°F
Inline Amounts
Heat the oven to
200
°C
/gas
6
. Heat the
oil
in an ovenproof shallow pan with a lid. Add the
bacon
and fry for
2
minutes
. Add the
leeks
and cook until soft, but not coloured,
4-5
minutes
. Tip in the
rice
and cook for
1
minute
more, then pour over the
stock
. Cover and put in the oven for
20
minutes
, stirring halfway through the cooking time.
When the
rice
is just tender and all the liquid has been absorbed, remove from the oven and stir in the
peas
. Return to the oven for
2
minutes
more. Remove the risotto from the oven and stir through the
cheese
. Add the lemon zest and season to serve straight away.
Nutrition
kcal
424
fat
14 g
saturates
5 g
carbs
55 g
sugar
3 g
fibre
5 g
protein
22 g
salt
2.34 g
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