Asparagus risotto with fried prawns

This meal incorporates essential components for a balanced diet. To enhance the vegetable content try to include a salad or incorporate additional asparagus into the risotto. With dietary fiber from asparagus and protein from grated cheese and prawns, you can expect a gradual increase in blood glucose levels.

person 2 Persons

clock 30 Minutes

Ingredients for two persons

For the asparagus risotto:

• 250g green asparagus

• 1 small onion

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 125g risotto rice (e.g. Carnaroli)

• 1dl white wine

• 4dl vegetable stock, hot

• 25 bunch parsley

• 30g grated Gruyère cheese

Prawns:

• 240g prawns

• 1 red chilli pepper

• 20g garlic

• 1 sprig of rosemary

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• salt

• 2 tbsp lemon or lime juice

• ½ bunch of chopped parsley

Preparation

Defrost the prawns in a sieve in the fridge, rinse with cold water and pat dry. Cut the stem off the chilli peppers and remove all the seeds. Peel and halve the garlic cloves. Peel only the bottom third of the asparagus and cut into pieces. Finely chop the onion and sauté in the heated olive oil for 5 mins. Remove the asparagus, add the rice and cook over a medium heat, stirring, until translucent.

Pour in the wine and reduce completely. Gradually pour in the vegetable stock, stirring frequently, so that the rice is always just covered with liquid. Simmer for approx. 15 mins. and add the asparagus.

Now heat the olive oil for the prawns in a pan. Place the prawns side by side and fry for approx. 1 1/2 mins. on each side over a high heat. After turning, add the garlic, chilli pepper, sage and chopped rosemary. Season everything with salt, sprinkle with lemon or lime juice and mix in the parsley.

Finish cooking the risotto for approx. 5 mins. until the rice is creamy and al dente. Roughly chop the parsley, stir in with the grated cheese and serve the dish.

Nutrition values*

This recipe contains 600 kcal, 27 g protein, 58 g carbohydrate and 22 g fat. As always, the ingredients are listed for 2 people, but the nutrients are calculated for one person.

Tips and tricks

It is worth paying attention to the sustainable origin of the prawns. However, they can easily be replaced with a vegan product (e.g. tofu cubes), which can be prepared in exactly the same way for a refined flavour.

This meal incorporates essential components for a balanced diet. To enhance the vegetable content try to include a salad or incorporate additional asparagus into the risotto. With dietary fiber from asparagus and protein from grated cheese and prawns, you can expect a gradual increase in blood glucose levels.

Diabetes Management

In your CamAPS FX App, the mobile application for controlling your myLoop, you now enter 58 grams of carbohydrates plus the amount you consume in the form of the starch supplement in the bolus calculator. If you are not yet working with the myLoop, enter the corresponding bolus for 58 grams of carbohydrates.

Good to know

Prawns are a low-calorie source of protein and contain valuable vitamins and minerals (e.g. iodine and vitamin E) as well as valuable omega-3 fatty acids.