how do you cook risotto rice?

[emily05]

how do you cook risotto rice? have it - but there are no instructions

I cook my meat and then add the rice to the oil/juices and stir for a while then start to add my stock a little at a time so it can be absorbed and once it has started to then i add the remainder and simmer for 30-50 mins.

thanks

I follow the Jamie recipe for risotto. According to him after you've cooked the onions and celery for 3 you then add the garlic and cook for another 2. Then you add the risotto rice and stir continuously until the rice goes translucent. Then you add a small glass of white wine (and help yourself to another) and after that's absorbed pour in the stock and allow it to cook for 15-20 minutes. I tend to cover the rice in stock and then keep topping it up over that period with the aim that by the time the rice is cooked all the stock's been absorbed (so I gradually add less and less). You need to keep tasting the rice to gauge how it's cooking. Jamie then suggests you add a knob of butter and parmesan before you serve - but I reckon you don't really need these finishing touches. Oh and you add whatever you fancy to spice it up (meat and herbs before you add the stock, veg a few minutes before the end)

risotto into google comes up with some lovely recipes.

Fry chopped onions, possibly some garlic, celery in oil or butter. When coloured add you weighed risotto rice and stir for a minute or two. Then add a good glass of wine/vermouth/sherry and let the alcohol burn off for a minute or two.

Then add a couple of ladles of stock, and stir fairly constantly until that is nearly all abosrbed and then add 2 more ladles. Keep stirring and adding until your rice is cooked, kind of al dente (but definitely cooked - may take 20 mins and will use lots of stock). The stirring part of the process is the vital bit as it gives the risotto the sloppy quality it should have - it does mean it's quite hands on though! At end stir in butter and parmesan.

This is the basic recipe. Pretty much anything can be added to it during the cooking if you want it meaty/fishy/vegetables.

As usual my post is too slow and I end up just repeating what someone else has said! sorry.

aDAdOnMumsnet all contributions are great and welcome to MN.

ah thanks

love risotto!