to just pour all the bloody stock into the risotto at once??????

[meladeso]

Gaaaah!

(I may have been drinking the wine that's in the risotto)

My friend pours it all in at once. Her risotto is amazing

I love risotto. But i no longer make it. Pour the whole sodding lot in.

It will work just as well.

It's just not the same. If you like it that way, sure, but its nowhere near as good. It's all the stirring etc that creates the texture.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7700/ovenbaked-red-pepper-risotto
Game. Changer.

... so YANBU!

Baked "risotto" is nice but its an entirely different dish,

Right. Well that is definitely enough consensus!! I am trying it next time.

It's a fucking faff.

Drink another glass. Wine helps with the stirring fatigue.

I do it in the oven, can't be arsed with all that stirring stuff.

I pour all at once. My risotto, I've been told, is better than most restaurants. I think it's because the rice is able to stew a bit in the stock.

I also do oven baked risotto with it all going in at the same time - try it!

My risotto, I've been told, is better than most restaurants. I think it's because the rice is able to stew a bit in the stock

Then they haven't been to any good Italian restaurants. I'm sure your rice dish is very nice, but risotto does not "stew" in lots of liquid!

Risotto is by definition made by a particular method. If you don't use the method, its not a definition.

not a risotto, even!

I stick all mine in at once. Even the actifry recipe says to do that.

Even the actifry recipe says to do that

Not a source for authentic Italian recipes!

Pour it all in. I do and it works just fine

Pour MOST of it in, stir when you remember, then finish off carefully so you know you've put the right amount in (you'll have to test it, you can't just measure and assume it'll be right).

I do it traditionally and it is also better than most restaurants. I would use whatever method is to your taste. If you are happy pouring it all in then go for t.

Yeah I always pour it all in at once, it's just as good as the "stand at the hob and stir for 30 minutes" method.

My Italian uncle pours all in at once. Says his mother did the same thing so that makes ok and authentic enough in my eyes!

Bake it!

My Italian uncle pours all in at once. Says his mother did the same thing so that makes ok and authentic enough in my eyes

And my english friend makes shepherds pie with lentils and beans with cheese on top, but that doesn't make it real shepherds pie!

Ooh we had risotto tonight. I made it "the correct way" for years. Then I had 2 kids and need to spend less time faffing in the kitchen so I chuck all the stock in and leave it. We had goats cheese, pea and pancetta tonight. It was lovely.

I stir it. But I also pull up a high stool to sit on and pour myself a glass of wine to drink while I'm stirring. Quite a relaxing method I find!