Salad of purple rice, smoked salmon, fava beans and Gorgonzola cheese

• 15 minutes to prepare • 20 minutes to cook • Serves 4

Purple love

 

I love all things rice-y.
And this super easy blue cheese rice salad with gorgonzola cheese and smoked salmon is a great example of how delicious and quick it is.

I like to eat it for lunch but it can definitely serve as a dinner appetizer as well. Since there is not that much vegetables inside I would include a large bowl of tomatoes as side dish, when serving this. Also don't forget to add fava beans or edamame for extra flavour!

Here are ingredients for a 4-serving recipe:

 

300 g purple rice
100 g Gorgonzola cheese
100 g smoked salmon
100 g fava beans (I used frozen ones)
EVO oil
basil leaves salt and pepper

1. Cut Gorgonzola cheese into cubes
2. Boil water in a pot, add salt
3. Once the water starts to bubble, pour the rice and cook it for 20 minutes
4. Boil water in another pot. Once the water starts to bubble, pour the fava beans and cook them for 5 minutes
5. Drain beans, and peel them. Keep aside
6. Cut smoked salmon into stripes
7. Blend basil leaves with few tablespoons of EVO oil and salt, for seasoning
8. Place one ladle of purple rice on each plate. Top with fava beans, smoked salmon, Gorgonzola, and some basil-flavored oil. Serve immediately!

Nutrition Facts are detailed in the table below. Data is provided per serving.