Mediterranean Brown Rice

Ingredients for 4:

• 300 g brown rice
• 750 ml of vegetable broth
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 spring onion
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 clove garlic
• 45 g sliced ​​almonds
• 100 g of dried tomatoes
• 60 g pitted black olives
• 1 teaspoon fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley
• Salt.

For the seasoning:

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
•  2 tablespoons of white vinegar
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 teaspoons of Dijon mustard.

Preparation:

1. Put an hour before starting to cook, the rice in a container with cold water to soak. Do the same in another container with the dried tomatoes. Once the time has passed, drain them and chop them into pieces. Reserve.

2. Chop the spring onion and garlic clove. Heat the vegetable broth until it boils.

3. Put the olive oil in a frying pan, add the spring onion and garlic and fry them for a few minutes until transparent. Add brown rice and lemon zest, mix well. Add the broth and cook the rice for twenty-five minutes.

4. Add the dried tomatoes, the sliced ​​almonds, the sliced ​​black olives and the aromatic herbs. Stir and integrate the ingredients into the rice. Continue cooking for about ten minutes or until we see the rice to our liking.

5. For the seasoning: In a mortar, add the lemon juice, the vinegar and the mustard with the two cloves of garlic, stir and add to the rice just when there are two minutes left to cook. Stir and integrate and serve hot decorated with a sprig of basil.