Best Risotto ever. If you are stuck in a rut ....

[Gandahar]

I like risotto, but they can be a bit bland. A mushroom here, splash of white wine there. Not really pushing the boat out intense flavour wise. So I decided to do a

Surf and Turf 3 cheese risotto.

Surf ... salmon and mussels
Turf ... chorizo sausage and black pudding.
Cheese .. some cheese. From Sainsbury's No not Dairy lea triangles. They were too expensive. The cows are on strike or something when I asked the gormless fool wandering the aisles with his purple jumper on ... git.

I'm not sure how many calories this bad boy has. Probably somewhere between 17 and 43 gazillion.






I bought a bottle of Tesco's Cava just to give a contrast on the tongue with it's crisp light bite but it turned out to be like asking Chuck Norris to do some twerking......

Best Risotto ever ...

[matrignano]

Sorry but...WTF. Just WTF! That's a Paella if anything. IMHO.

Risotto is meant to be a delicate dish! Simple saffron, asparagus, scallops, or prawn & courgette risottos are great.

If you want something richer, but still vaguely traditional, go for porcini and mushroom, or fonduta and truffles, marsala/barolo etc.

[bayleaf]

Agreed. That's just a fking mess.

[bayleaf]

my simple porcini risotto:

[55palfers]

Bayleaf - Lovely looking dish.
May I ask what type / brand of rice you used please? The grains look so satisfyingly huge and plump and yummy.

[bayleaf]

Thanks palfers, I used carnaroli rice.

[TIGA84]

Chorizo, Smoked Salmon, Black Pudding, Mussels, Taleggio, Gorgonzola, Parmesan, Rice, Butter, Wine, Onion.

Not a list of ingredients I'd necessarily put together in a single dish, or in a variety of dishes, or for an entire dinner party, ever, but fair play if it worked for you!

Surely a Cava was the wrong choice to go with, maybe a Snakebite and Black would complement better?

[Truckosaurus]

A "whatever is leftover in the fridge" risotto is just the type of dinner I would knock up. But then I'm a knacker with low standards.

I bet if you called it "Risotto de Boudin Noir" at a posh restaurant the punters would lap it up.

[tomw2000]

Wife does an ace Delia mushroom one.

Plus this (google, there are a few versions), which is ace:

http://www.foodily.com/r/hrEJ7fTZP-prawns-with-a-l...

[Halmyre]

tomw2000 said:

Wife does an ace Delia mushroom one.

Is that the oven baked one with the porcini? I like that one, although I add a bit of chicken to it.

Great thing about oven-baked is...no bloody stirring! I think I'll try oven-baking my leek and smoked haddock risotto.

[tomw2000]

Halmyre said:

tomw2000 said:

Wife does an ace Delia mushroom one.

Is that the oven baked one with the porcini? I like that one, although I add a bit of chicken to it.

Great thing about oven-baked is...no bloody stirring! I think I'll try oven-baking my leek and smoked haddock risotto.

Spot on. Exactly that one

[55palfers]

bayleaf said:

Thanks palfers, I used carnaroli rice.

Thanks.

There is a huge range of risotto rice isn't there.

http://www.risogallo.co.uk/products/white-rice/gra...

I like this one.

[mcbook]

OP, I bet you didn't expect that barrage of replies!

While it doesn't look like something you'd get in a Michelin starred restaurant, it does look very tasty! The main thing is that you enjoyed cooking and eating it so that's a result.

Using black pudding in a risotto has never occurred to me and I might experiment with the idea. Following your surf and turf theme... how about black pudding and scallop? Black pudding pieces crumbled through the rice with scallops cooked separately and placed on top at the end.

[NordicCrankShaft]

The glass on the left is also a very very good gin and tonic glass.......I have 8

[bayleaf]

boxxob said:

bayleaf said:

my simple porcini risotto:

Nice planters! Wheredya get em!

thanks. I made them!

[vournikas]

bayleaf said:

my simple porcini risotto:

That looks the bomb; the risotto bomb, and looks very similar to mrs v's chicken and mushroom risotto made with a base brodo style stock

[Granfondo]

Looks awful! Should be eaten as a starter not the whole 3 courses in one bowl!

And surely if anything it should be Prosecco?

My favourite is with porcini or primavera.

[The_Doc]

Gandahar said:

I like risotto, but they can be a bit bland. A mushroom here, splash of white wine there. Not really pushing the boat out intense flavour wise. So I decided to do a

Surf and Turf 3 cheese risotto.

Surf ... salmon and mussels
Turf ... chorizo sausage and black pudding.
Cheese .. some cheese. From Sainsbury's No not Dairy lea triangles. They were too expensive. The cows are on strike or something when I asked the gormless fool wandering the aisles with his purple jumper on ... git.

I'm not sure how many calories this bad boy has. Probably somewhere between 17 and 43 gazillion.






I bought a bottle of Tesco's Cava just to give a contrast on the tongue with it's crisp light bite but it turned out to be like asking Chuck Norris to do some twerking......

Best Risotto ever ...

great !

Based on your post, I'm doing this on Friday evening.

Might tweak it a little, but you thought it was tasty, and that's good enough for me. Screw this food snobbery about how things should be served/taste/structured.

I mean, you didn't name it: "Average Risotto, 3 stars out of 10, try this but maybe try something else" did you ?

Edited by The_Doc on Wednesday 11th May 17:40

[The_Doc]

and I think I'll have it with some scotch






although I have just opened some Hibiki, which makes me a drink snob

[rsbmw]

I had a haggis risotto in a gastro pub several years ago, worked pretty well so I've recreated it myself on occasion