Hoi An, Vietnam. Sue Tsang, 2010.


Wednesday 20 April 2011

the tits.

Risotto. One of my fave dishes to cook, and one of those dishes you can make vegetarian but still tasty as.

Ok, let's do this for 2 people

1/2 onion
2 gloves garlic
Get some of those big portobello mushrooms. So meaty, just great.
Small handful of button mushrooms
1/2 courgette
Wee splash of white wine
200g risotto rice
600mls veg stock
Knob of butter
Parmesan cheese
Black pepper, and salt for seasoning

1. Dice your onion, and really chop up that garlic. Prep all the veg- I like to dice the portobello mushrooms, and quarter the button mushrooms. Slice up the courgette.

2. Preheat the pan. Heat up a knob of butter. Fry up the onion until its a lovely clear texture then add the garlic. After this add the risotto rice and keep stirring until its a nice clear texture too. At this point, you can add some wine but allow the wine to vapourise i.e. the wine is all absorbed.

3. I like to add the veg now, mix it all up. After the veg looks like its beginning to cook, add a 1/5 of the stock, and keep mixing until it is completely absorbed. Repeat this process until all the stock is used up. Always a small amount of stock at a time. The risotto rice will start looking bigger. You can taste it at this point, and ideally we want it to be al dente.

4. Season to taste. Add a knob of butter, and a generous sprinkle of parmesan.

So simple. I fell asleep after writing this. A risotto and wine coma of sorts. Enjoy!


based on http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/gourmet-mushroom-risotto

1 comment:

  1. WOW this sounds the bomb. im gonna cook this up good and proper. you should defo try the prawn and courgette combo. its totally to die for...

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