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Cheesy Baked Rice

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Cheesy Baked Rice
Servings 4 - 6
Author 2pots2cook

Ingredients

  • 2 cups risotto rice Arborio
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 Tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 1/2 cup pelati, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp dried origano
  • 1/3 tsp dried thyme
  • 10 leaves of fresh basil, chopped
  • 8 slices Gauda cheese
  • 1 mozzarella ball, sliced
  • 2 fresh tomatoes, sliced
  • 3 fresh basil leaves to decorate

Instructions

  1. In a pot, cook rice and 1 tsp salt in a lot of water. Cooking time is 15 minutes and be careful not to overcook rice.
  2. When rice is cooked, rinse it and keep aside.
  3. In a pot, fry oil and onion until lightly brown. Add pelati, salt, paprika, origano, thyme and chopped basil. Fry on medium heat for 10 minutes.
  4. Turn the oven to 175 C / 350 F.
  5. Cut and fit baking paper into the baking pan.
  6. Add pelati mixture to the rice.
  7. Lay one half of rice mixture to the bottom of the pan.
  8. Cover the mixture with Gauda slices and lay in the rest of rice. Press it with hands.
  9. In the middle of a cake, put the slices of mozzarella. Around the edge of cake, put the slices of tomato.
  10. Bake for 30 minutes.
  11. When finished, garnish with fresh basil leaves.