I love cooking Risotto

Simple risotto with Bacon & Peas.

• One large onion
• 6 chopped rashes of Bacon
• 300g of risotto rice (Arborio, Arnaroli, Vialone Nano, Baldo, and Calriso)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• A good knob of butter
• 3 FL.OZ of vegetable stock

 Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan, when the olive oil is hot, place the knob of butter in and allow to melt. the butter wont burn because there is oil with it.
2. When the butter has melted add 300g of risotto rice to it and stir for about a minute. This allows the rice to toast which helps the rice to absorb the liquids slowly with becoming soggy. But do not let the rice go brown it has to stay white. You might want to add a glass of dry white wine to give it that extra flavor.
3. After about a minute of toasting gradually add the stock about a ladle at a time, then keep stirring till half the liquid has gone. Then all you have to do it keep adding the stock until risotto is creamy and the rice is soft. you can now experiment with the risotto and add herbs in to match the taste you are going for.

Risotto and be very hard for most people that is why you need to keep making it, so you can get better at it. REMEMBER TO KEEP STIRRING, this allows you to get the most starch out to make the risotto creamy, and prevents you from burning it. Save this site because there will be a lot more recipes to come... :)