offcentre asked about our Mushroom and Chorizo Risotto, here are the pics, words to follow
OK, first recipie on here.
Amounts are vague, that's how i cook.
Sweat off 1 large onion finely diced in olive oil with good pinch salt, pepper, pinch fennel seeds, good dollop of garlic and handfull of chopped sage.Use a good heavy bottomed pan.When cooke for about 5 mins, then add your mushrooms.I use a mix of Oyster, Button, HON-SHIMEJI and Enoki mushrooms.
Sweat for a couple of mins, then add 3 handfulls of arborio rice.Again cook again for another few mins.Add a good splash of dry white wine( i know some think this is very wrong, adding wine to risotto, but i don't).Then start adding boiling water a ladle at a time.
WATER!!! i hear you cry.What about stock? Well, i make a veggie risotto which i then add meat too, and as i'm adding bags of flavour with the vegetables that i start with, veggie stock would be a bit of a waste.Stir stir stir , adding water as it is absorbed by the rice.Carry on untill the rice is nearly cooked, still with a bit of bite to it(not too much, i've had too many risottos ,which err on the side of uncooked rice) For the final 2 mins of cooking, add the chopped chorizo,a good handfull.Taste as you go along, correcting with salt if needed.Final touch is to stir in a good dollop of butter just before you serve, with parmesan shavings, truffle oil, or herb oil.
Let me know how you get on.
