Fresh Fruity Rice

This dish is refreshing and filling with very few ingredients.

Long grain rice

Juice of; 1 lemon

1 lime

1 orange + zest

Mixed nuts such as cashews, walnuts, pistachios. Chopped roughly.

Sultanas/ Raisins

stock

water

Leak or spring onion. Thinly sliced

1. Put the raisins in a bowl add the stock, hot water, orange juice and segments. Wait until the raisins plump and remove orange segments.

2. Put the crushed nuts onto a baking tray and bake at a low heat for a short time until browning.

3. Fry the leak if you are using it.

4. Add to the leak the rice, orange zest, lemon, lime juice and plumped raisins with juice. If you are using the spring onions add now.

5. Put a lid on the rice and allow to simmer undisturbed for 20 minutes.

6. Once the rice is cooked stir in the nuts, separating the rice with a fork.

Serve on a bed of soft leaves such as lettuce or spinach. Great hot or cold.