A delicious variation of the classic recipe Insalata di riso, enriched with colourful seasonal ingredients. Quick and easy to prepare, this wonderful dish could be a great starter for a dinner party or a light summer meal.
In the recipe method I used a round pastry cutter to shape the rice with the ingredients, but you can mix all the ingredients if you prefer.
Rice salad with buffalo mozzarella and olives.
4 servings
Ingredients
200g arborio rice (you can use a parboiled rice)
4 ripe plum tomatoes
4 buffalo mozzarella
120 g of pitted black and green olives
a bunch of fresh basil
extra virgin olive to taste
salt and pepper
Method.
1. Cook the rice following the preparation method illustrated on the packaging. Then drain the rice and season with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil.
2. Wash the basil and remove the stems. Roughly chop the basil leaves and slice the olives.
3. Drain the buffalo mozzarella well and then cut it into small pieces.
4. Place the rice on the dish and then cover it with the olives, the mozzarella and the basil. Season with extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper and serve.
Insalata di riso con mozzarella di bufala e olive.
Per 4 persone
Ingredienti
200 g di riso arborio
4 pomodori perini maturi
4 mozzarelle di bufala
120 g di olive nere e verdi snocciolate
un mazzetto di basilico fresco
olio extra vergine di oliva q. b.
sale e pepe
Preparazione.
1. Cuocete il riso seguendo il metodo di preparazione e il tempo di cottura indicato sulla confezione. A cottura terminata, scolate il riso e conditelo con un po’ d’olio extra vergine d’oliva.
2. Lavate il basilico e rimuovete i gambi. Tagliate le foglie di basilico e le olive.
3. Scolate bene le mozzarelle di bufala e poi tagliatele a cubetti.
4. Sistemate il riso nel piatto e ricopritelo con le olive, i cubetti di mozzarella e il basilico.
Condite ancora con olio extra vergine d’oliva, sale, pepe e servite.
This is such a pretty salad 🙂
Thank you, Natalie! It is also very tasty 🙂
Ooooo what a beautiful dish! We were very curious, watching your ‘teaser’ posts on g+, as what it might be:)
Wonderful post, with beautiful photos and instructions!
Great work dear Serena!
Lots of greetings!
Panos and Mirella
Thank you darling!!! I am so glad that you like it! It is a ‘Caprese style’ rice salad…Delicious! 😉 Have a wonderful Sunday! X
Serena– it’s almost too pretty to eat!
haha! You are too kind! X
This look incredible, I absolutely love buffalo mozzarella!
Thank you so much, Matt, for stopping by! Yes, buffalo mozzarella is so much tastier than normal mozzarella! It’s perfect in this kind of recipes! 🙂
Looks really nice and so good, Serena! 🙂 xx
Thank you darling X