Creamy Goat Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Risoni
Mar 29, 2025 08:53 AM
The name’s a tongue twister, but this dish is a breeze to make! Goat cheese and roasted red peppers are the shortcuts for this creamy, smoky risoni recipe. Under $20 for 4 servings, ready in 20 minutes. Serve as a meal or side — it’s like a Mediterranean risotto!
Today’s recipe is a quick risoni dish that’s simple to make but a little bit special thanks to a bit of goat cheese stirred through which gives it a creamy edge. The distinctive, mild flavour of goat cheese with a touch of tang works perfectly with the Mediterranean flavours here, especially in this oozy risotto-like risoni recipe.
It’s one of those dishes that’s fast to make – yet company worthy. Especially if you keep harping on and on about how good goat’s cheese is. Wait, is that just me??
Ingredients:
- 250g/ 8oz risoni pasta (orzo) , or other very small pasta
- 2 tsp cooking salt/kosher salt , for cooking the pasta
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 red onion , halved then cut into 5mm / 0.2″ slices (sub regular onion)
- 2 garlic cloves , finely minced
- 310g/ 10oz jar chargrilled / fire-roasted sliced red capsicum/peppers (~ 1 cup), drained, roughly chopped into 2.5cm / 1″ pieces
- 2 cups tomato passata or puree
- 1/2 cup sliced Kalamata olives or other briny/pickly thing
- 1/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 120g/4 oz goat's cheese , the creamy feta type
Finishing – CHOOSE
- 1 tightly packed cup basil leaves
- 1 tbsp roughly chopped parsley , plus extra for garnish
Prep Time:
7 minutes
Cook Time:
13 minutes
Total Time:
20 minutes
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