Risotto recipes

[Littlepurpleprincess]

Does anyone have any good risotto recipes? I am doing a meal plan and would like to put 2 different ones on there.

Jamie Oliver has some great ones in his Jamie's Italy book. We like the cauliflower with pangrattato (or something like that- its crispy fried breadcrumbs/garlic/chilli/anchovy) one.

I have avocado and walnut risotto cooking as I type .

Just a normal rice / stock risotto with parmesan, chopped avocado & walnut added at the end.

My favourite is just a vegetable one. Peas, Leeks and Courgettes, parmesan and oregano.

I do a baked pea, leek and asparagus one, with fresh thyme - lovely.

i do a nice chicken and aspargus one mmmmm

My fave is baked butternut squash risotto. Delicious and low fat (it's a weighwatchers recipe) (and I'm not even veggie)

Parsnip and pancetta - suprisingly lovely

Courgette, peas and mint is lovely (although when we have a glut of courgettes in the summer DH gets a bit fed up of it)

Bacon and avocado

I too like parsnip and pancetta.

Also pea risotto is a fave with the DS' and is easy to throw together as we always have frozen peas

Celery risotto is a good one to use up those bits of celery that always seem to last forever in the veg box of the fridge

Chicken and mushrooms: Saute onions and mushrooms, on separate pan brown lightly the chicken, put together with onions, mushrooms and some stock,add risotto rice and let it stew, adding stock (it has to be hot) as the rice soaks it up. Oh, and a glass or two of white wine improves it greatly. Grate 1 cup parmesan, add 3/4 to the risotto. At the end add some creme fraiche.Let it settle for a few minutes. Sprinkle with the rest of the parmesan amd freshly gound pepper. Voila!

Can I recommend Sue Lawrence's pea and langoustine, or coudl use prawns, risotto

eatscotland.visitscotland.com/who-who/articles/sue-lawrence-a-cooks-tour-of-Scotland.html

Really easy, and totally scrumptious... DD used to eat round the scary fish, then one day started eating them too...

Also, for a no effort one... Delia has a oven cooked risotto in her Vegetarian Cooking book.... it's made with porcini and fresh mushroom... it's not half bad.

Thankyou. X

My fav is butternut squash, sage and parmesan.

serin is right, butternut squash, sage ad parmesan is the best- I also toast some pine nut and sprinkle on top. Yum.

If you grow broad beans, come June they are gorgeous when really little and double podded with pancetta or bacon in a risotto.

So do you all use chicken stock or veg stock when making the above fabulous selection of risottos?

Vegetable stock for butternut squash

Red onion, marsala and gorgonzola - GORGEOUS! Slow-cook the sliced red onions v gently for a good 20 mins, first in butter and slug of olive oil, then add small wine-glass of Marsala, let the onions absorb that slowly. Add the rice, chicken stock, proceed as normal, and crumble in a nice wodge of gorgonzola and some parmesan at the end. Rich but YUM. Serve with salad.

I also love courgette pea and mint but I tend to add some lamb fillet cut small, about 2 oz is enough for 2 people, try it, it is better than it sounds!!