Rice with heart of palm is a delicious dish very typical from Costa Rica. Additionally, it's simple to cook, and heart of palm can be easily found in Spain at Mercadona.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of rice.
- 2 cups of water.
- 1 cup of milk.
- 1 cup of evaporated milk or cream.
- 2 tablespoons of oil.
- 2 tablespoons of flour.
- 60 grams of butter.
- 1 onion.
- 1 garlic clove.
- 1 green pepper.
- 1 can of heart of palm.
- White pepper.
- Nutmeg.
- 1 and 1/2 cuos of mozzarella cheese for grting.
- 4 slices of mozzarella cheese.
Method:
1- Cut the onion,garlic,pepper and hearts of palm into litle pieces. Pour the oil in a casserole and fry onion,garlic and pepper until the onion gets transparent.
2- Add the rice and cook for a minute, then add 2 cups of water, put on a high heat until it boils and then put on a low heat and cook covered with a lid for 20 minutes.
4- Add a cup of evaporated milk or cream and another cup of milk, stir and cook at low heat for 5 minutes.
5- Add the heart of palm, salt, pepper and nutmeg, stir well and keep cooking for about 15 minutes.
7- Add the rice, mix well , cook for 5 more minutes and add the slices of mozarella cheese, mix well and pour everything in an oven proof dish.
8- Put some mozzarela cheese to grate on top of all the surface. After that put inside the oven to grate until you see that the cheese gets golden.
Serve hot!
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