Insalata di Riso (Rice Salad)

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Short-grain arborio, the atom utilized to make creamy risotto, gets a wholly antithetic attraction here. Cooking the atom successful abundant salted h2o and tossing it with olive lipid keeps the grains from sticking unneurotic and turns them into a large basal for a summertime salad. The assertive flavors successful this atom crockery are particularly invited connected a blistery time erstwhile you are looking for thing to stimulate your appetite.

If the crockery is made successful beforehand and refrigerated, springiness it astir 30 minutes astatine country somesthesia earlier it is served.

Adapted from Domenica Marchetti's "The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy" (Chronicle Books, 2006).

Ingredients

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Servings: 6-8

1 1/2 cups arborio rice
1/4 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
5 1/2 ounces (1 can) best-quality tuna successful olive oil, drained
3 hard-cooked eggs, thinly sliced
8 ounces caller mozzarella cheese, chopped into dice
3/4 cupful pitted purple oregon greenish olives, oregon a mix, coarsely chopped
1/2 cupful jarred roasted reddish doorbell peppers, chopped into tiny dice
1/2 cupful jarred marinated artichokes, drained and coarsely chopped
1/4 cupful pickled pearl (cocktail) onions, drained
1/4 cupful sliced cornichons (cut crosswise)
2 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoonful capers, rinsed, drained and coarsely chopped
1/4 cupful low-fat mayonnaise (not mayonnaise-based crockery dressing oregon sandwich spread; bash not usage nonfat)
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed citrus juice
1 spoon kosher oregon oversea salt, oregon to taste
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8)

Calories
387
Fat
21 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
33 g
Sodium
994 mg
Cholesterol
105 mg
Protein
17 g
Fiber
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from Domenica Marchetti's "The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy" (Chronicle Books, 2006).

Tested by Mari-Jane Williams.

Published March 12, 2026