This dish is all about the pleasure of eating rice with Parmesan and butter, with some zucchini tossed in for good measure. It is quick to do and delicious, try it on a weekday.

Ingredients (one person):

  • Half a zucchini,
  • 60 grams of rice,
  • a lot of salted butter1,
  • as much Parmesan as butter,
  • optionally, some smoked chilly flakes for added flavor complexity.

Preparation:

  • Peel the Zucchini and dice it,
  • bring water to a boil,
  • add the rice and zucchini to the water and cook for ten minutes2,
  • put the butter on the plate,
  • add the (optional) chilly flakes,
  • once the rice and zucchini are cooked, strain and pour on the butter
  • add the Parmesan and mix.

Credits:

This dish started as an accidental reinvention of Alfredo sauce, a classical Italian pasta sauce made with a lot of Parmesan and butter.

  1. Slightly more than what feels reasonable to you. ↩︎

  2. You could add the zucchini slightly earlier, you want it thoroughly cooked and melting on the tongue. ↩︎