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Presentation

A first course consisting of a risotto prepared with Carnaroli rice, carrots, clams, ginger, vegetable broth, shallots, extra virgin olive oil, butter, salt, parsley, pepper, chives and garlic.

Ingredients
Serves 4

• 300 g (about 10.5 oz / 1½ cups) Carnaroli rice
• 200 g (about 7 oz / 2 cups) grated carrots
• 1 kg (about 2.2 lb) clams
• 10 g (about 0.35 oz / 2 tsp) fresh ginger, for the clams
• Vegetable broth, as needed
• 1 shallot
• Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
• 10 g (about 0.35 oz / 2 tsp) butter
• Fine salt, to taste
• 1 small bunch parsley
• Black pepper, to taste
• Chives, to taste
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ teaspoon fresh ginger

Method

Prepare the ginger oil by lightly heating two tablespoons of oil with 10 g. of ginger cleaned and thinly sliced.

Let it rest for a day before filtering it.

Then let the clams open: pour them into a pan (after having drained them well) with a clove of garlic and a stalk of parsley without the leaves

Cover the pan with a lid until the clams open.

Then shell the clams, keeping some with the shell for the final decoration

Filter their water.

Finely chop the shallot

Brown it gently with a drizzle of ginger oil and add the carrots.

Toast the rice in a separate pot and when it is ready, add it to the carrots, wetting if necessary with the vegetable broth mixed with water, clams, salt and pepper.

Halfway through cooking, add a pinch of a teaspoon of grated ginger to the rice

A few minutes before it is cooked, add the shelled clams then salt, pepper, add a knob of butter and let it rest.

Meanwhile, heat the clams with the shell kept aside, also adding a few tablespoons of broth.

Season with a pinch of chopped parsley and a little chives.

Serve and decorate it by placing the clams with the shell on top of the risotto.

Allergens

Garlic: very rare cases of garlic reactivity reported

Vegetable broth: check the composition for celery or other allergenic ingredients

Butter: milk allergens (except in ghee)

Carrot: possible individual intolerance and cross-reactivity in case of allergy to pollen of Artemisia, Graminaceae, Composite, Birch

Chives: possible cross-reaction in case of garlic and onion allergy

Extra virgin olive oil: unusual allergy; intolerance not described

Pepper: possible cross-reactivity in case of intolerance to spices

Parsley: possible cross-reaction in case of allergy to spices, mugwort, composites

Rice: (allergy very common in the Far East, almost unknown in Italy and Europe). Possible cross-reaction in case of grass sensitivity

Shallots: cases of individual reactivity reported

Clams: fishery products included among the allergens in EU Regulation 1169/2011

Ginger: possible reactivity in case of intolerance to spices

Notes

To be prepared and handled under strict hygienic conditions.

The ingredients of the dish bring the following benefits:

Garlic: has immune-stimulating properties, promotes liver function and the elimination of waste metabolites. It also has hypocholesterolemic, lipid-lowering, antiplatelet, hypotensive and hypoglycemic properties that promote cardiac function.

Carrots: rich in vitamins (B1, B2, C, PP, E, D), carotenoids, minerals and active ingredients that support the functionality of the immune system and ophthalmic, diuretic and healing functions and act to protect the cardiovascular system. Also suitable for nephropathic patients and useful for liver function for the contribution of vitamins, mineral salts and antioxidants

Chives: rich in carotenoids that support the immune system and mineral salts, vitamins and antioxidants, it acts to protect the cardiovascular system and liver function.

Extra virgin olive oil: source of Vitamin E that protects the immune system from harmful fatty acids

Parsley: rich in carotenoids that support the immune system and mineral salts, vitamins and antioxidants that act to protect the cardiovascular system; also suitable for nephropathic patients and useful for the functioning of the liver for the supply of vitamins, mineral salts and antioxidants

Shallots: rich in selenium that supports the immune system and with the ability to stabilize blood glucose at normal values; carrier of quercetin, a flavonoid that helps contain cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood, parameters related to cardiovascular risk, which also supports liver function by promoting the purification of the body. Also suitable for nephropathics.

Clams: suppliers of proteins and minerals including potassium and calcium, able to promote the functionality of the cardiovascular system

Ginger: helps fight the sense of nausea and also has anti-inflammatory properties, facilitates digestion and strengthens the immune system

Safety / Intended use

Product also intended for subjects with:

• Mucositis only well cooked
• Xerostomia (dry mouth) if well cooked
• Dysphagia (only if in pieces of uniform size and consistency)

Not recommended in case of:

• Diarrhea