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Dear Dilfs, dear desperate husbands, here we are again with a great recipe to amuse you, feed you, but with grace and elegance: an amazing black rice salad with pancetta and zucchini.
Venus rice has been revered and considered a mysterious and prized ingredient for centuries. Rich in miraculous and aphrodisiac properties, so much so that it was nicknamed forbidden rice, but in reality, it is a simple delicious rice.
So don’t worry all these fancy black rice salads seem so exotic, cool and sophisticated, but they don’t have anything mystical. It’s just boiled rice seasoned with pan-fried veggies…
And this black rice salad is a very simple recipe to make, a classic dish for those who want a light, healthy, but very tasty lunch. Among all pasta salads, it is one of the most popular recipes.
Perhaps it is not the ideal type of rice to make risotto, but no one beats it in pasta salads. And then you can also prepare it in advance and serve it for dinner or you can take it to the office as a lunch box.
Okay, are you ready?
Ingredients and doses for making the black rice salad with pancetta and zucchini
6 servings
- 500 grams of venus rice
- 3 shallots
- 3 zucchini
- 150 grams of bacon
- salt and pepper
- parsley, optional
- 3 cm of ginger
- 2 cloves of garlic
- a sprinkling of nutmeg
How to make black rice salad with pancetta and zucchini
First of all, buy a good black rice then cook it according to the instructions in vegetable broth, drain, season with extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper and let it cool.
Cut the bacon into cubes, put it in the pan and saute for 10 minutes. Put the bacon aside, but don’t throw away the fat.
Chop ginger, garlic and shallots and brown in the pan with the pancetta fat, adding a little EVOO if necessary. 10 minutes on a low flame.
Wash the zucchini and make a brunoise, then toss in the pan with the pancetta, season with salt, pepper and a sprinkling of nutmeg. Cook for 15 minutes, then turn off and add the pancetta.
Season the black rice with the sauce of pancetta and zucchini, mix well, serve and eat a delicious and super easy dish.
Look at the difference between the two photos: a simple mould for pasta works wonders!
If you want to add a delicious touch to your black rice salad, panfry a pepper and add it to the dressing of zucchini and bacon.
What wine goes well with with black rice salad with pancetta and zucchini?
To enhance the delicate taste of black rice, we choose a fragrant and aromatic white wine like the Eva from the Brunnenhof cellar, with tropical and flowery hints. A splendid wine and minerals like the Dolomites.
If you want to combine a cocktail, take it easy with a Mojito.
