Roast Tomato and Pea Risotto

Roast Tomato and Pea Risotto

Use up your summer tomatoes with this recipe for Roast Tomato and Pea Risotto. This Italian classic is finished off with a splash of balsamic vinegar and grated Parmesan.

Making risotto doesn’t have to mean endless of stirring over a hot stove.

This budget friendly rice dish is flavored with garlic, fresh herbs and sweet cherry tomatoes.   It makes ideal midweek dinner.

We grow cherry tomatoes in a little basket outside our backdoor every year and every year I have more cherry tomatoes than I know what to do with.

I’ve used them to make sauces, salads, quick pasta dishes, but I’ve had yet to do a risotto.

So to start off my cherry tomato recipes this summer, I give you this beautiful, cherry tomato risotto.

This risotto is super simple to make.  There’s no endless stirring and messing around.  You just roast the tomatoes, and everything else ends up in the same pan.

Once you get it going, you just cover it and forget it for 20 minutes.

What could be easier?

At the end I add a splash of balsamic vinegar.  I like the sweet and sour richness it adds to the dish, but that part is completely optional.

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Roast Tomato and Pea Risotto

Use up your summer tomatoes with this recipe for Roast Tomato and Pea Risotto. This Italian classic is finished off with a splash of balsamic vinegar and grated Parmesan.

Ingredients

• 
  2
  tablespoon
  olive oil
  


• 
  1
  small onion
  diced
  


• 
  3
  cloves
  garlic
  crushed
  


• 
  1½
  cups
  arborio/risotto rice
  


• 
  2
  cups
  vegetable/chicken stock
  hot
  


• 
  ⅔
  cup
  dry vermouth or white wine
  


• 
  1
  14-ounces
  can of crushed or chopped tomatoes
  


• 
  12
  cherry tomatoes
  halved
  


• 
  1
  cup
  frozen peas
  


• 
  A good handful of fresh basil
  chopped
  


• 
  a good handful of fresh parsley
  chopped
  


• 
  Salt and pepper to taste
  


• 
  a splash of balsamic vinegar - optional
  


• 
  Parmesan cheese
  for serving
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Add 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large pan over a medium heat.

   
   


2. 
   

   Add the onion and cook for 5-7 mins until softened. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for another minute.

   
   


3. 
   

   Stir in the risotto rice, coating it in the onion mixture.

   
   


4. 
   

   Add the vermouth or white wine stirring constantly, until the liquid has been absorbed.

   
   


5. 
   

   Add the stock and Canned tomatoes. Cover and simmer for 10-15 mins. Stir occasionally and add more stock as needed.

   
   


6. 
   

   Meanwhile, heat oven to 400F/200C. Put the cherry tomatoes in a roasting pan, drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil, season and roast for 10-12 mins until just tender.

   
   


7. 
   

   Add the herbs and plenty of seasoning to the risotto. Make sure the rice is completely cooked and the risotto is creamy, about 5 mins more.

   
   


8. 
   

   Add the frozen peas and roasted tomatoes, and a splash of balsamic vinegar (if using). Stir to combine. Serve topped with grated Parmesan cheese.

   
   

Nutrition Facts

Roast Tomato and Pea Risotto

Amount Per Serving

Calories 458
Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9g
14%

Saturated Fat 1g
5%

Cholesterol 3mg
1%

Sodium 181mg
8%

Potassium 431mg
12%

Total Carbohydrates 75g
25%

Dietary Fiber 4g
16%

Sugars 6g

Protein 10g
20%

Vitamin A
10.5%

Vitamin C
35.3%

Calcium
2.9%

Iron
24.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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