Risotto

[yawningmonster]

Please help I need an absolutely fool proof vegetarian risotto recipe for my 12 month old, have discovered he will eat flavoured rice quite well ( had one of those ready mixes for my lunch and he stole most of it but I think it is too salty for a regular meal ) Risotto and I have a bad history of failure to overcome so must be foolproof.

it's the constant stirring that's the key!

Delia Smith does a delicious fool proof oven baked wild mushroom risotto. You could substitute the mushrooms if you wanted I guess. I'ts the easiest receipe - no constant stirring. It's in her Winter receipe book I think. But bet you could do a google search for oven baked wild mushroom risotto. It's a winner.

I have a fantastic recipe for risotto that is made in the microwave. Takes as long as "stirred" risotto, but you can leave it for 9 minutes at a time while it is cooking.

You could use marigold vegetable bouillon to make it a vegetarian version - I've done that in the past when I've had veggie friends round.

I'll need to get the recipe tonight, but I'll post it for you then (or maybe tomorrow).

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oh thanks meggymoo and cant wait to see yours pretty bird, do you think your one will work without the parmesan meggymoo? and with vege stock intstead of chicken?

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Is aborio risotto rice, and do I need to cook it first?

yes, arborio is risotto rice. The key, i find , to a good risotto is to coat the rice in the oil/veg mixture for a good while before adding any liquid, almost frying the dry rice. Delias oven baked recipe is good ( low maintenance), but i make risotto for the dt's in the microwave. Will try and dig it out for you.

thanks milge, microwave recipe would be great

meggymoo, do you happen to have quantities for your recipe???

please?

I'd be interested in the microwave version too please

havent yet managed to lay my hands on a copy of delias recipe, will keep this bumped in case milge and meggymoo see it and post

living in hope of having risotto tonite but too scared to try without quantities have had too may failures.

If you go to www.deliaonline.com (I can't do links),her oven-baked mushroom risotto is recipe of the day!

can I give my 1yr old madeira? what could I use instead, I am hopeless with risotto maybe it is just bad mojo and I should leave well enough alone, thanks for the site though will have a look at some of her other recipes.