Italian Rice Salad
Insalata di riso — cold rice studded with pickled vegetables, cheese and ham, the Italian summer lunchbox.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 300 g long-grain rice
- 200 g mixed pickled vegetables (giardiniera)
- 160 g tuna in olive oil, drained
- 120 g cooked ham, diced
- 120 g provolone or emmental, diced
- 80 g green olives, halved
- 2 pieces eggs, hard-boiled
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 15 g basil leaves
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 3568 kcal · P 65.6g · C 269.6g · F 249.9g
Estimated from 10 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Cook the rice in plenty of salted water until just tender, then drain and rinse under cold water to stop it cooking and wash off surface starch.
- 2Spread the rice on a tray, toss with 2 tbsp of the olive oil and let it cool completely. Oiling it now stops it clumping later.
- 3Roughly chop the pickled vegetables, keeping a little of their brine.
- 4Combine the rice with the pickles, tuna, ham, cheese and olives.
- 5Dress with the remaining oil, the lemon juice and a spoon of the pickle brine, and season with salt and pepper.
- 6Chill at least 2 hours. Fold through torn basil and top with quartered eggs just before serving.
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Questions and answers
How long does Italian Rice Salad take to make?
About 40 minutes: 25 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Italian Rice Salad?
12 ingredients: long-grain rice, mixed pickled vegetables, tuna in olive oil, cooked ham, provolone or emmental, green olives, eggs, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, basil leaves, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Italian Rice Salad recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Italian Rice Salad?
About 595 kcal, with 10.9 g protein, 44.9 g carbohydrate and 41.7 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Italian Rice Salad?
Italian Rice Salad comes from Italian cuisine.
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