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Risotto recipes

Sweet coconut cream risotto

40 minutes

Confit of rabbit and green olive in saffron tortellini

overnight for the rabbit + 3-4 minutes for the pasta + 15 minutes for the sauce

Burst blueberry compote and soft cheese

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cooking Time 15 – 20 minutes

Ingredients

3 x 125 g punnets blueberries
1 stick cinnamon
2 star anise
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds reserved
½ t fennel seeds
1 cup grenadine
3 x 200 g Duetto date-and-honey cheese

Method

Place a small saucepan over a medium to low heat. Add the blueberries, spices and grenadine and bring to a gentle simmer.
Leave to bubble away until the berries become plump, absorbing all the flavours. Spoon over slabs of creamy Duetto and serve immediately.

Cook’s note: Stack with savoury crackers for a free-form version of cheesecake.

Per serving: 2595.9 kJ, 1.6 g protein, 46.7 g fat, 50.7 g carbs

TASTE’s take:
The spices in the compote punch up the flavours of the blueberries and the juices trickle beautifully over the creamy cheese in this decadent, yet deceptively easy, dessert.

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Burst blueberry compote and soft cheese

Burst blueberry compote and soft cheese

Ingredients

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