Ok all you brill cooks out there how do I cook this risotto?

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I have a
Red onion
left over turkey
chesnut mushrooms
cream
carnaroli risotto rice
garlic

But how on earth do I cook it? Presumably I fry the onions off first. Then what, and when do I add the cream?

I also have a butternut squash and a courgette in the fridge do i bung those in too or what.

I know this has probably been done before but I couldn't find anything so please please help me.

fry the onions on a lowish heat until good and soft (in a mix of olive oil and butter)
add sliced mushrooms and garlic and cook gently for 5 mins or so
add rice, cook for a few minutes
add hot stock a bit at a time until rice cooked (20 mins?)
add shredded turkey to heat through
add a bit of cream and some butter right at the end.

loverly

that is presuming the turkey is already cooked of course

oh and I wouldnt bother with the courgette or squash

make a courgette and squash risotto tomorrow

serve with a splash of olive oil and some chopped herbs if you have any.

ohhh thanks enid will follow that to the T. and squash and courgette risotto follow the same then i guess.

Do I use the whole of the pot of cream or just half.

if you make butternut risotto, add a glass of red wine after frying off the rice/onion
purple and orange risotto: it looks very 70s
(roast the b/s with rosemary and add at the end)

no not whole pot

I would pour a slug in and then taste it - you may find a third of a small pot of cream is enough

ok another question how much rice do I use for 2 adults, 2 teenagers so just slightly smaller portions and 2 toddlers.

Flipping heck its only when i write it down I realise how big my brood is.

don't have any parmesan.

turkey and mushroom will be fine with no parmesan

how much rice do I use though, nothing on packet

hard to say...I use a big handful for each of my dds then probably two handfuls each for dh and I?

How about a small glass of wine in there cooked in until it disappears? That would go in after the rice and before the stock.

right i have white wine vinegar is that any good or a bottle of california rose. We don't drink so the red was from the estate agents and the wine vinegar is what my dh uses (he's the better cok you see)

No!! Don't use the vinegar. Don't think I'd bother with the Californian either. It will be fine without.

Agree don't use vinegar.
If you're not drinkers then it's probably not worth opening wine especially. I think it gives that extra frisson though.

For 6 people I would use up to 500g of rice

Or get a wine saver vacuum \link{http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AQVO2/202-8158804-1088630\like this}, keeps for ages then. Now I'm up the duff and not drinking I only have wine for cooking so use ours alot.