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From: Joel.Ehrlich@salata.com (Joel Ehrlich)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: COLLECTION (3) Risotto
Date: 7 May 1995 06:42:14 -0600
Organization: Salata
Message-ID: <e07_9505060900@salata.com>
Here is a basic, simple recipe along with two variations on that theme.
Risotto Milanese No. 440 Yields 6 Servings
4 tbls butter 3 tbls dry white wine
1 cup long grain rice 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1 med. onion, finely chopped 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 cups chicken stock 1 tbls butter
2 1/2 cup chicken stock
1/2 tsp saffron
Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan.
When hot, stir in the rice.
Continue stirring until the rice is pale gold in color.
Add the onion.
Cook briefly and add the first measure of chicken stock.
Cover the pan and cook slowly over low heat until the liquid is absorbed.
Dissolve the saffron in the white wine.
Add the dissolved saffron in white wine mixture to the rice mixture.
Add the second measure of hot chicken stock, and the mushrooms.
Cover and continue cooking until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is
fluffy.
Add the butter and Parmesan cheese.
Stir gently.
Serve.
Risotte w/Crabmeat & Peas No. 43 Yields 4 Servings
2 tbls butter, unsalted 12 ozs crabmeat, fresh
1 small onion, peeled and 1 cup peas, fresh
finely chopped 1/2 cup parmesan, grated
3 cups fish stock Black Pepper,
1 cup Italian arborio rice dry ground
1 cup white wine to taste
Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan at least 8" in diameter over medium low
heat.
Add the onion.
Cook gently, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until the onion is
translucent.
Meanwhile, bring the stock to a boil in another pan. (You may have some stock
left over when you finish.)
When stock boils, turn off the heat but keep the stock warm.
When onion is translucent, add all the rice to the onion.
Fold the butter into the rice until it is well coated.
Add the wine.
Stir.
The wine will quickly be absorbed.
Add enough stock to just cover the rice.
Reduce the heat as low as possible.
Turn the rice using the wooden spoon to make sure it absorbs the stock evenly
without sticking to the pan.
Keep adding stock at 5 to 10 minute intervals - just enough to recover the
rice.
Turn the rice to absorb stock at each interval.
The rice should not get dry, but it should not drown in stock either.
The slower you cook it, the better it will be.
Pick over the crabmeat, discarding any bits of shell.
In 20 to 30 minutes, start tasting the rice.
It should begin to soften, as pasta begins to soften, with brittleness turning
to pliancy.
Cooking time will vary according to the stove heat, altitude, room temperature
and the age of the rice.
As the rice becomes pliant, about 10 minutes before it is done, add the
crabmeat and fold it in gently.
A minute or two later add and fold in the peas, which should cook about 5
minutes.
Because of the added bulk, you may have to turn the heat up slightly.
When rice is still firm but no longer brittle, stir in the cheese and cover
for a minute or two to allow rice to become very hot.
Add freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Serve immediately.
Risotto w/Squash & Sweet Peas No. 80 Yields 3 Servings
2 tsps olive oil 1 cup arborio rice
1 8 oz zucchini, cut length- 1 cup peas
wise and then in 1/4- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, gratd
inch slices 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
1 8 oz yellow squash, cut 1 tbls lemon juice
lengthwise and then in salt, to taste
1/4-inch slices black pepper, freshly
1 quart chicken stock ground to taste
1 tbls butter
Heat the olive oil in a non-stick pan over high heat.
Add the zucchini and yellow squash.
Saute tossing once in a while until they are speckled brown (2 to 3 minutes).
Set aside.
Heat the stock.
Melt the butter in a heavy large saucepan over moderate heat.
Add the rice, stirring until it is well coated.
Add 1/2 cup stock.
Cook, stirring constantly until the stock is absorbed.
Continue adding stock, about one cup at a time, stirring frequently with
a wooden spoon.
By the time most or all of the broth is added, the rice should be tender
but still firm, the mixture creamy.
Add the reserved zucchini, squash and peas.
Cook until they are heated through.
Remove from heat.
Stir in the Parmesan, parsley and lemon juice.
Add salt and pepper.
Serve.
Joel