Quinoa and Onion Risotto with Crème Fraîche and Hazelnuts - 5 pts

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Quinoa and Onion Risotto with Crème Fraîche and Hazelnuts - 5 pts

 

Recipe By :Cooking Light, MARCH 2005

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 calories Veggie

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 1/2 cups uncooked quinoa

6 cups water

1 teaspoon salt

2 fresh thyme sprigs

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon butter

1 1/2 cups finely chopped sweet onion -- Oso Sweet or other sweet

onion

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

3 tablespoons crème fraîche

3 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts -- toasted

 

Place quinoa in a fine sieve; place sieve in a large bowl. Cover quinoa with

water. Using your hands, rub grains together for 30 seconds; rinse and drain.

Repeat procedure twice. Drain well.

 

Combine 6 cups water, salt, thyme, and bay leaf in a large saucepan; bring to a

simmer over medium heat. Cover and cook 5 minutes; discard thyme and bay leaf.

Keep warm over low heat.

 

Melt butter in a medium sauté pan over medium heat. Add onion, and cook for 10

minutes, stirring frequently. Add quinoa; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

Add warm seasoned water, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring frequently until each

portion of warm seasoned water is absorbed before adding the next (about 30

minutes total). Stir in vinegar.

 

Spoon 2/3 cup risotto into each of 6 small bowls or plates; top each serving

with 1 1/2 teaspoons crème fraîche. Sprinkle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons

hazelnuts.

 

Yield: 6 servings

 

CALORIES 245 (29% from fat); FAT 8g (sat 2.5g,mono 3.3g,poly 1.5g); PROTEIN

7.3g; CHOLESTEROL 8mg; CALCIUM 61mg; SODIUM 413mg; FIBER 4.3g; IRON 4.3mg;

CARBOHYDRATE 37.4g

 

Description:

" 5 pts "

Cuisine:

" Italian "

S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):

" 01.24.08 "

Start to Finish Time:

" 0:50 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 224 Calories; 8g Fat (29.5% calories from

fat); 7g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 8mg Cholesterol; 383mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk;

1 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : A powdery phytochemical called saponin covers quinoa. Rubbing and

rinsing the grain rids it of that bitter coating. Serve this nutty side dish as

an accompaniment to peppercorn-crusted [favorites].

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 4673 0 0 903414 0 0 920034 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

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