Red Camargue Rice and Spinach Stew With Sage and Rosemary

An incredibly simple soup that has been adapted and tweaked from a family favourite. The red camargue rice soaks up the soups stock and helps add bite and thickness. The rice is key to allowing the soup get better with age. After a while in the fridge the rice expands and the soup turns more into a stew-like salty salad that is every bit as tasty as it's soup counterpart.

Course Main Course, Soup

Cuisine European, French

Diet Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword camargue rice stew, red rice stew, rice stew, vegan stew recipes, winter stew recipes

Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 35 mins

Servings

Calories 380

Ingredients

200 g Red Camargue Rice
1 Medium Onion
2 Cloves Garlic
10 g Sage
10 g Rosemary
750 ml Vegetable Stock
200 g Cooked Haricot Beans
200 g Carrot
1 Stick Celery
200 g Spinach
2 Tablespoon Olive Oil

Instructions

Finely chop the onion, celery, carrot and garlic. Heat the oil in a deep pan over a medium heat and add all the chopped vegetables. Cook for 4 - 5 minutes until the onion is see-through and the carrot has softened. Finely chop the sage and rosemary, and tip into the pan. Cook for another minute.
Add the rice and mix well with the vegetables and herbs, cook for a minute, before pouring over the stock and beans. Season to taste. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer cover the pan and cook for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, remove the lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes, until the rice has softened and the soup thickened.
Once the rice is cooked, remove the pan from the heat. Wash and slice the spinach, then pour into the pan. Mix the spinach into the soup until all the greens have wilted. Serve immediately.

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