Sainsbury's Groundnut Oil (Sainsbury's Groundnut Oil)

Member Name: GentleGenius

Product:	Sainsbury's Groundnut Oil
Date:	08/06/08 (152 review reads)
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Advantages: Low in cholesterol, delicately flavoured, reasonably priced, versatile

Disadvantages: None

Around the area in which I live, it is almost impossible to buy groundnut oil anywhere except for at Sainsbury's.

Sainsbury's Groundnut Oil is very reasonably priced, and has a very delicate, subtle flavour. It is perfect for frying, roasting and for salad dressings too. Unless a recipe specifically calls for a different type of oil (such as olive oil), I now use Sainsbury's Groundnut Oil for everything, and a little goes a long way.

It helps keep cholesterol levels low, but I would hand out a warning to anybody who has a nut allergy - this oil wouldn't be suitable for nut allergy sufferers.

I'd like to share with you a very simple recipe which I cook on a regular basis, using Sainsbury's ground nut oil:

VEGETARIAN RISOTTO (serves 2)

1 tablespoon Sainsbury's Ground Nut Oil
1 small peeled & chopped onion
Half a pack of Sainsbury's green beens, cut into small strips
4 medium-sized mushrooms, wiped and finely chopped or sliced
Half a small peeled carrot, finely shredded
Half a teacup of Sainsbury's frozen Petit Pois, thawed & drained
Half a medium-sized courgette, cut into very thin strips
1 teaspoon tomato puree
2 teaspoons garlic paste
2 tomatoes, roughly chopped (leave the skins and cores on)
1 crumbled vegetarian Oxo cube
Half a rounded teaspoon of dried basil
1 teacup full of Sainsbury's Organic Arborio Rice
2 of the same size teacups full of cold water
Lots of fresh Parmesan cheese shavings to serve

Heat the oil over a medium heat in a fairly large non-stick saucepan. Fry the onions, mushrooms, green beans, courgette and carrot until they are very well browned.

Add the rice, and cook (stirring continuously) for about 5 minutes.

Add the water, then stir in the Oxo cube, garlic paste and tomato puree. Stir well, then add all the other ingredients - stir well again.

Bring to the boil, then lower the heat immediately to a medium simmer. Cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid, and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to stand (with the lid still on) for 5 minutes.

Fluff the mixture up with a fork, and serve with Parmesan cheese shavings and a green salad. Good with garlic bread too.

Enjoy!!

Summary: Ideal for frying, grilling, salad dressings and flavouring