Croatian Rizi-bizi (rice And Green Peas)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g arborio rice
• 350 g fresh green peas
• 100 g butter
• 60 g onions
• 30 g fresh parsley leaves
• 30 g salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 sauté finely minced onion on butter and when transparent add green peas and parsley leaves (it will be even better if you use baby onions).
• 2 add some water and cook until green peas are almost soft (skip this if you use canned green peas, just sauté onion a bit). at the moment peas are soft; all liquid must evaporate, but be careful not to burn green peas.
• 3 add some more butter and whole rice. sauté it until rice become greasy with butter, than add water, salt and pepper. usual measure of the manufacturer for cooking rice is 1:3 (rice: water), so do it as they say.
• 4 cook rice stirring occasionally until rice is done.
• 5 put rice in casserole pot (greased with some butter) and put it in preheated oven (180°c) for 15 minutes. serve hot.