Shiitake and Rice Risotto

- Preparation Time:	10 minutes	- Per Serve:	1800 kilojoules (435 calories). Protein 12 g. Fat 8 g.Carbohydrate 76 g. Sodium 650 mg. Potassium 710 mg. Calcium 80 mg. Iron 2.6 mg. Fibre 7 g.
- Cooking Time:	20 minutes
- Serves:	4

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Ingredients:

• 100g shiitake mushrooms, wiped and thinly sliced
• 1 medium red onion, sliced
• 1 1⁄2 cups arborio rice
• 1 1⁄2 x 10 g chickenflavoured stock cubes,* crumbled
• 5 cups water
• 2 cobs corn (remove kernels)
• 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• 1 tbsp oil

Instructions:

1. Heat oil in a heavy based saucepan. Add garlic, onion and mushrooms. Sauté until soft.

2. Stir through rice.

3. Combine stock cubes and boiling water in large jug.

4. Add hot water to rice (1⁄2 cup), simmering till liquid absorbed, then next 1⁄2 cup.

5. Add corn in the last 5 minutes, cooking until rice is tender and risotto creamy.

6. Fold through cheese and parsley. Serve immediately, top with extra parmesan cheese and parsley.

* Massel Ultracubes are 100 per cent vegetable based and contain no animal product.

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Extract from Signs of the Times, October 2002.

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