Meat-free Archives

Butternut recipes

Crunchy fried Brussels sprouts

10 minutes

Tofu recipes

Beetroot-and-quinoa crunch burgers

20 minutes

Mushroom recipes

Mushroom ‘paella’

35–40 minutes

Mushroom ‘paella’

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cooking Time 35–40 minutes

Ingredients

9 T olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
250 - 400 g brown mushrooms
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
400 g mixed mushrooms, chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 - 3 garlic cloves, grated
300 g paella or risotto rice
3 cups mushroom stock
parsley, finely chopped, for sprinkling
Spanish smoked paprika, for dusting

Method

1. Heat 2 T olive oil in a 28–30cm pan. Fry the brown mushrooms until just cooked. Remove and season to taste. Set aside.
2. In the same pan, heat 3 T olive oil. Stir in the mixed mushrooms. Stir-fry until just cooked. Season and remove from the pan.
3. Add another 2 T oil to the pan. Add the onion and cook gently until very tender. Stir in the garlic and another 2 T oil. Add the rice and stir.
4. Add the chopped mixed mushrooms and 2 cups stock. Simmer uncovered over a low heat for
15 minutes, or until the rice is almost cooked, adding more stock if necessary. Pour in the remaining stock and bury the reserved mushrooms in the rice. Cook for 5 minutes, or until everything is hot and the rice is tender. Season to taste. Sprinkle with the parsley and paprika and drizzle with olive oil.

Cook's note: This is a deliciously different way to use risotto rice – or you could use paella rice – with everyday mushrooms from your veggie drawer.

Find more rice recipes here.

Photograph: Toby Murphy

Production: Brita Du Plessis

Food assistant: Nicola Naude

Potato latkes

Preserved lemon sesame cake with cream cheese frosting

Braaied paella

Sesame cured broccoli salad

Ravioli lasagne

Roast white bean dip

Stuffed tray-bake focaccia

Lemon-and-tomato pasta

Pickled red cabbage slaw

Crunchy fried Brussels sprouts

Slow-baked marinated tofu

Spinach-and-broccoli pasta

Pancake lasagne

Beetroot-and-quinoa crunch burgers

Mushroom ‘paella’

Mushroom ‘paella’

Ingredients

Method