Microwave Rice Timbale

With tomato, tuna, and fresh cheese
Quick, delicious, and economical.

Typically, making this dish traditionally would take at least 2 hours, between cooking the sauce, the rice, then seasoning it and baking it… My goodness, who has that kind of time!
Instead, with this recipe, it only takes us the time to cook the rice plus 2 minutes.
So very fast.
For the microwave rice timbale, you can choose a type of rice that holds its shape, or whichever you prefer.
I preferred fresh, well-ripened tomatoes, but you can also use simple tomato puree.
Then the other ingredients are tuna, basil, and fresh cheese to keep it light.
These last two ingredients can be replaced with minced meat or ham, and for the cheese, you can also use provolone.

I make the tuna at home; click here to see the recipe.
But now, let’s get into the kitchen.

Weighed for you:

Cost: Very economical
Preparation time: 5 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: Microwave
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

558.14 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 558.14 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 63.40 (g) of which sugars 2.09 (g)
Proteins 25.55 (g)
Fat 21.99 (g) of which saturated 2.11 (g)of which unsaturated 2.72 (g)
Fibers 2.11 (g)
Sodium 371.32 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 250 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

Let’s go shopping

5.3 oz rice (whichever you prefer)
5.3 oz tomatoes (ripe or tomato puree)
170 ml water
Half clove garlic (minced if you like)
to taste basil
1 tsp salt (level)
1.4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2.1 oz fresh cheese
2.8 oz canned tuna
to taste oregano

Tools

What we need

1 Knife
1 Immersion Blender
1 Bowl
1 Baking Dish
1 Microwave Oven

Steps

To make

The first thing to do is wash the tomatoes, cut them into pieces, and put them in a bowl with the basil, oregano, garlic, oil, salt, and water.
Blend everything together.
Now take the rice
and add it to the bowl with the tomato,
mix and add the shredded canned tuna.
Mix and transfer to a large enough uncovered baking dish
Cook in the microwave for half the time indicated on the rice box.
So if, for example, 12 minutes are indicated, do the first cooking for 6 minutes, then stir, resume cooking and complete the time.
At this point, stir again, add the thinly sliced cheese, and resume cooking for the last 2 minutes.
At the end of cooking, decorate with more basil and bring to the table. The microwave rice timbale is ready.