Quinotto

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’Quinotto’ is quinoa prepared in the manner of a risotto, a favourite in Peru. The stock must have good flavour but not be too salty.

Ingredients

360 g white quinoa
4 cups vegetable or chicken stock (or a mixture)
200 g Swiss chard, washed
3 T olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
½ cup dry white wine
120 g feta (preferably the soft creamy kind), crumbled
120 g Woolworths wood-smoked trout rashers (or 100 g oak-smoked trout ribbons)
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
wild rocket, to garnish
limes, for serving

Cooking Instructions

1. Rinse the quinoa very well under running water, then drain well. Heat the stock until boiling, then add the Swiss chard and cook until wilted. Remove the spinach using tongs, drain, then shred finely.

2. Heat 2 T oil in a suitable wide pan. Add the onion, cover and cook gently until very soft but still pale. Stir in the garlic. Add 1 T oil, then add the quinoa. Toast for a minute or two, stirring.

3. Add the wine and simmer, stirring, for a few minutes. Stir in a cup of the hot stock and keep stirring until absorbed.

4. Continue adding a ladle of stock at a time, until absorbed, stirring often. Continue, over a medium-high heat, for about 20 minutes until the quinoa is cooked but has texture.

5. Add the Swiss chard and feta and season with pepper. Reduce the heat to low, cover and leave for 5 minutes. Check the seasoning.

6. To serve, top with rashers or ribbons of trout and season with a little more pepper. Garnish with wild rocket and serve with the limes.

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Photograph: Toby Murphy
Productions: Brita Du Plessis
Food assistant: Claire-Ellen Van Rooyen