Brown rice with black cabbage and savoy cabbage

Method7 steps · about 1 hr 10 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Wash the vegetables. Finely chop the garlic (1 clove), carrot (1), celery (0.5 stalk) and half onion.

   Uses 1 carrot · 0.5 white onion · 0.5 stalk celery · 1 clove garlic

2. 2

   Step 2: Remove tough parts from the lacinato kale (500 g) and savoy cabbage (500 g) and cut the leaves into strips.

   Uses 500 g lacinato kale · 500 g savoy cabbage

3. 3

   Step 3: Stew the chopped carrot, garlic, onion and celery in a pan with 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 teaspoons white wine over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, heat lightly salted water in a pot.

   Uses 2 tsp wine for soffritto · 2 tbsp oil for initial vegetable sauté · Fine salt to taste · hot water to cover rice and greens, more as needed · carrot, half onion, half celery stalk and garlic finely chopped

4. 4

   Step 4: Add the brown rice (240 g) and stir to coat with the soffritto. Deglaze with the remaining 2 teaspoons white wine.

   Uses 240 g brown rice · remaining 2 tsp white wine · chopped vegetables stewed 5 minutes with 2 tbsp oil and 2 tsp wine

5. 5

   Step 5: When the wine has evaporated, add the sliced lacinato kale and savoy cabbage and cover with hot lightly salted water.

   Uses hot lightly salted water to cover rice/greens · savoy cabbage/lacinato kale washed, tough parts removed and sliced · rice stirred into soffritto and deglazed with remaining 2 tsp wine

6. 6

   Step 6: Cover and simmer over low heat for about 40 minutes until the rice and greens are tender, adding more hot water if needed. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining olive oil and grated vegetarian pecorino (4 tsp).

   Cook rice and greens · 40 minUses 4 tsp vegetarian pecorino · remaining olive oil from measured total · rice, soffritto and cabbages covered with hot lightly salted water

7. 7

   Step 7: Finish with black pepper (to taste), mix well and serve.

   Uses Black pepper to taste · cooked rice/greens finished off heat with remaining oil and vegetarian pecorino