The names a tongue twister, but this dish is a breeze to make!
Goat cheese and roasted red peppers are the shortcuts for this creamy, smoky risoni recipe.
Under $20 for 4 servings, ready in 20 minutes.
Goat cheese
Serve as a meal or side its like a Mediterranean risotto!
Its one of those dishes thats fast to make yet company worthy.
Especially if you keep harping on and on about how good goats cheese is.
Goat cheese
Wait, is that just me??
Else, sour cream, yogurt or even cream plus a squeeze of lemon will have a similar flavour.
When you crumble it, it smears on your fingers and when heated, it melts.
Find itat regular grocery stores, usually sold in log form.
Even my corner store sells it!
Or use other jarred/canned vegetables like artichokes, asparagus, sun dried tomatoes.
Its readily available in Australian supermarkets nowadays, alongside pasta sauces and costs around the same as canned tomato.
More on tomato passatahere.
Otherwise, use canned crushed tomato (though the sauce colour wont be such a vibrant red colour).
Fire roasted red pepper strips
Kalamataolives Adds fabulous little briny pops into this dish, and flavours the sauce.
Red onion and garlic The aromatic flavour bases for this recipe.
So sometimes here in Australia, they will be sold in jars labelled roasted red peppers.
Its not spicy peppers (ie chilli) that we think of!
Though until this week, Ive always been finishing it with just a small amount of parsley.
Id probably add a teaspoon of dried oregano into the sauce though!
Theres little chopping to be done!
Workflow Get the risoni boiling then start on the sauce.
The cooked risoni can sit in the colander until youre ready to stir it in.
Cook risoniuntil a tiny bit under done ie.
The centre shouldnt be raw-pasta hard but just a bit firmer than youd like to eat.
Reserve pasta water Just before draining, scoop out a mugful of the pasta cooking water.
We will be using this to loosen the olive pasta sauce later.
Then add the strips of capsicum/peppers and garlic.
Cook for another 1 minute until the garlic is light golden, and the onion is pretty floppy.
Sauce Add the passata and olives, then stir.
Risoni Add the cooked risoni, salt and about 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta cooking water.
Stir through until the risoni is coated in the sauce.
Then stir through the basil (if using), just before serving.
and little basil leaves or chopped basil.
Essentially, this is a vegetarian pasta dish (despite the repetitive comparisons I make to risotto!)
However, itd also be terrific served as a side dish with a simple piece of protein.
3 to 4 days in the fridge.
Loosen with a splash of water and reheat in the microwave.
I dont think it would freeze very well.
Im a bit selective about which pasta dishes I freeze pretty much only pasta bakes.
Can I make this gluten free?
Use rice instead of risoni/orzo.
What can I use instead of roasted peppers / capsicum?
Mushrooms, zucchini slices etc etc.
Cheese made from goat milk has a mild flavour with a distinct tang to it.
There are all sorts of types of goat cheese firm, creamy brie-jot down etc.
Other types of goat cheese are typically only found at speciality cheese stores and delis.
What can I use instead of goats cheese?
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