Risotto recipe.

Long time no.. Ehm type ? Anyway I've a catchup post that I hope to have up by Wednesday. But for now I have my go to risotto recipe. It's plain and simple and you can add what you want to it. At first I thought that risotto was too hard, which quickly changed after I found the right recipe. But considering I'm not a chef I could be doing this all wrong, ah well.

Ingredients: two small servings or one big one. 

140g of arborio rice

1 whole onion 

1 clove of garlic 

500ml of stock, I typically use veg stock but here I used beef.

Veg of choice, here I used green beans but anything goes within reason.

Parmesan, how much depends on personal preference.

1/2 a tsp of cracked black pepper(I like a lot of pepper)-optional

Salt and pepper to taste.

Method:

1: Heat a pan on a medium heat. Dice onion add to pan, mince garlic also add to pan. Fry for 2-3 minutes.

2: When the onions go translucent, add the arborio rice and dry fry for 2 minutes

3: For my stock I used a stock pot with a litre of water, because I was using beef which wasn't exactly ideal.

4: Add a ladle of stock at a time, waiting for the liquid to evaporate before adding another. Repeat until stock is gone. 

4: Slice up green beans and add to the pan.

5: Here are ingredients I didn't mention because I wouldn't suggest putting them in. Bad call on my part.

Oregano, thyme and ground basil. I would recommend using those herbs in any Italian tomato dishes though 

6: I added the Parmesan in and stirred.

Then serve with dish of choice. My favourite way to use this recipe is by adding white wine during cooking and serving with lemon chicken 

 

Apologies in advance if this poisons you, as I said before not a chef I just like to mess with food.

Sarah.