Pea and goat’s cheese risotto: next-level camping food

DifficultyIntermediate

This recipe is perfect camping comfort food. Creamy goat's cheese, tangy parmesan, salami and green peas will cheer you up even if it's cold and wet outside the tent.

Yields2 Servings
Prep Time10 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time50 mins
Summary
 550 g total weight dry ingredients
 0.90 l total volume dry ingredients (approx.)
 This recipe uses perishable ingredients. You should use your own judgement as to whether it's suitable for your hike.
Water and fuel
 850 ml water
 1.50 units of fuel
Ingredients
 2 tbsp olive oil
 3 chicken stock cubes or vegetarian equivalent (each cube makes 1 cup of stock)
 1 small brown onions
 1 cup arborio rice
 1 tsp dried thyme
 50 g mild salami, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 50 g mild goats cheese, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 40 g parmesan cheese
 Salt and pepper
Packing for your hike
1

Put dried green peas, arborio rice and dried thyme in separate bags.

Ingredients for pea and goat's cheese risotto: salami, goats cheese, parmesan, brown onion, stock cubes, arborio rice, dried green peas, dried thyme and olive oil. Photo: A Hutchings

Before cooking
2

Bring the water to the boil. Crumble the stock cubes, and stir to dissolve. Cover and keep as warm as possible.
While waiting for the water to boil, chop the onion, and chop or crumble the parmesan as finely as possible. Cut the salami into small cubes.

Stock heating on camping stove. Chopped parmesan in camping bowl. Chopped onion and salami on hiker's cutting mat. Photo: A Hutchings

Cooking
3

In another pan, heat olive oil on medium heat. Fry onion, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until onion is soft.

Frying onion on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

4

Add rice, thyme, peas and salami to the pan and stir for a minute or two.

Salami, dried green peas and arborio rice added to the frying onion on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

5

Add about 1/2 cup of the stock to the rice and cook, stirring frequently, until the stock has been completely absorbed. The rice and stock should bubble gently; adjust the heat as needed. Continue cooking the rice, adding stock 1/2 cup at a time and allowing the rice to absorb it before adding the next 1/2 cup. Cook the rice in this way until it is tender but still has a firm bite, around 25 minutes in all. You may not need to use all of the liquid, or you may need to add extra water.

Cooking risotto on camping stove by adding small amounts of stock to the rice mixture. Photo: A Hutchings

6

Remove from the heat. Stir in half the goat's cheese and all the parmesan cheese.

Mixing in the parmesan and half of the goats cheese to the risotto on the camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

7

Divide risotto between bowls. Crumble the remaining goats cheese on top.

Pea and goats cheese risotto in camping bowl. Photo: A Hutchings

Ingredients

Summary
 550 g total weight dry ingredients
 0.90 l total volume dry ingredients (approx.)
 This recipe uses perishable ingredients. You should use your own judgement as to whether it's suitable for your hike.
Water and fuel
 850 ml water
 1.50 units of fuel
Ingredients
 2 tbsp olive oil
 3 chicken stock cubes or vegetarian equivalent (each cube makes 1 cup of stock)
 1 small brown onions
 1 cup arborio rice
 1 tsp dried thyme
 50 g mild salami, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 50 g mild goats cheese, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 40 g parmesan cheese
 Salt and pepper

Directions

Packing for your hike
1

Put dried green peas, arborio rice and dried thyme in separate bags.

Ingredients for pea and goat's cheese risotto: salami, goats cheese, parmesan, brown onion, stock cubes, arborio rice, dried green peas, dried thyme and olive oil. Photo: A Hutchings

Before cooking
2

Bring the water to the boil. Crumble the stock cubes, and stir to dissolve. Cover and keep as warm as possible.
While waiting for the water to boil, chop the onion, and chop or crumble the parmesan as finely as possible. Cut the salami into small cubes.

Stock heating on camping stove. Chopped parmesan in camping bowl. Chopped onion and salami on hiker's cutting mat. Photo: A Hutchings

Cooking
3

In another pan, heat olive oil on medium heat. Fry onion, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until onion is soft.

Frying onion on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

4

Add rice, thyme, peas and salami to the pan and stir for a minute or two.

Salami, dried green peas and arborio rice added to the frying onion on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

5

Add about 1/2 cup of the stock to the rice and cook, stirring frequently, until the stock has been completely absorbed. The rice and stock should bubble gently; adjust the heat as needed. Continue cooking the rice, adding stock 1/2 cup at a time and allowing the rice to absorb it before adding the next 1/2 cup. Cook the rice in this way until it is tender but still has a firm bite, around 25 minutes in all. You may not need to use all of the liquid, or you may need to add extra water.

Cooking risotto on camping stove by adding small amounts of stock to the rice mixture. Photo: A Hutchings

6

Remove from the heat. Stir in half the goat's cheese and all the parmesan cheese.

Mixing in the parmesan and half of the goats cheese to the risotto on the camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

7

Divide risotto between bowls. Crumble the remaining goats cheese on top.

Pea and goats cheese risotto in camping bowl. Photo: A Hutchings

Notes

Pea and goat’s cheese risotto: next-level camping food
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