Riso, latte e zucca
Rice-milk-and-pumpkin soup
Rice, milk and pumpkin is a creamy soup particularly suitable for children but very appreciated by adults too as it's a very low fat recipe. One way to make children eat vegetables. This soup is very easy to do. Typical dish of fall and winter we Italians are used to make in the North.
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yeld for 3
- 500g (1.1 pound) pumpkin, peeled and cubed
- 1l (2.1 pints - 4 1/4 cups) skimmed milk
- 200g (7 ounces) rice
- 2 tablespoons dried chives
- Paprika, if you like
- Salt
- Time:
preparation: 10 minutes
cooking: 40 minutes
preparation: 50 minutes - Difficulty:
easy recipe - Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 374 (kCal) 19 % GDA (*) - 1565 (kJ)
Protein: 18.1 (g) 37 % GDA
Total fat: 1.2 (g) 2 % GDA
Total carbohydrate: 73.0 (g) 28 % GDA
Sugars: 25.1 (g) 28 % GDA
Steam the pumpkin and then mash it with a fork.
Bring the milk together with chives to the boil and at this point add the rice.
10 minutes before the end of cooking season to taste with salt and add the pumpkin too!
Stir with a wooden spoon very frequently.
Switch off the gas and aromatize with sweet paprika if you like.
Dilute your soup with hot water during the cooking if it isn't creamy according to your own taste.
Note
- - You can dilute milk with water; for example 500 ml water + 500 ml milk.
- - You can add other ingredients to this soup according to your own taste. We like it exactly as we showed you. It tastes fantastic!
- - We calculated the nutrition facts of rice-milk-and-pumpkin soup with skimmed milk. For lovers of whole milk these are the calories (471 kCal) and fat (12.9 g). Proteins and sugars do not show significant changes.
- - If you serve this soup as first course it serves 3, on the contrary if served as one-plate meal, it serves 2.
- - If you are vegetarian your menu can be completed with other vegetables in season (autumn and winter) and seasonal fresh fruit.
On the contrary you can choose a second course, light and delicate, to complete your menu. For example, a portion of Parma ham fat-free (50g - 1 3/4 ounce), of course, without bread, and raw vegetables to munch on. This menu plan is for those who want to follow a healthy balanced diet. Let's be clear at once that we are not talking of a weight loss diet but a diet of about 2000 kcal / day for people who want to maintain a healthy weight.
What's the right wine ?
Our suggestion is a good young red wine.
The author Loretta Sebastiani lives in Italy (IT)
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