"BEAT THE BLUES" BLUE CHEESE RISOTTO
Risotto is THE ultimate comfort food, it's like being hugged by your dinner. You can make do with a spoon and don't even need to bother with proper grown-up cutlery. A bowl of this can (almost) make everything better again when your down.
Provided by SugaredAlmond
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- NB: I like to use a fairly strong flavoured, but creamy blue cheese, like Gorgonzola, but Stilton is also nice. Stock-wise, you may need a little more or less than in the ingredients list.
- Bring stock up to a simmer.
- Halve the leeks and remove any gritty bits from inside the rings. Cut the leek into fine strips rather than semi-circles, of approx 1-2 inches in length.
- Melt half the butter with the olive oil and cook the leeks for approx 10 minutes over a low-medium heat until soft and tinged with brown.
- Add bacon to pan and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Stir in garlic and rice, cook for a further minute or two, stirring the rice until it's coated in the butter and oil and starts to go slightly translucent.
- Add the wine to the pan, turning up the heat to bubble most of it away.
- Add a ladleful of hot stock to the leek and rice mixture at a time, stirring more or less constantly. Add more stock each time that most of the liquid has been absorbed. Add the fresh sage.
- Keep doing this for approximately 15 - 25 minutes, until the risotto is creamy, but the rice grains still have a slight bite. You'll need to start testing the rice after about 15 minutes, but it may take a little longer.
- Turn off the heat.
- Stir in the lemon juice, zest, remaining butter, parmesan and blue cheese.
- Leave the risotto for another 2 minutes until rich, creamy and luscious. Season to taste with black pepper and salt if needed.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1053.2, Fat 51.6, SaturatedFat 23.8, Cholesterol 125, Sodium 2297.2, Carbohydrate 97, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 10.1, Protein 43.5
LEEK AND BLUE CHEESE RISOTTO
I love risotto but I hate having to stand stirring all the time, this can be left to it's own devices.
Provided by PinkCherryBlossom
Categories Short Grain Rice
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Trim the leeks and slice into rings. Wash well.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan with a lid. Fry the leeks for 2 minutes and add the rice. Stir until grains are coated.
- Bring the stock to the boil and add to the rice and return to the boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes without stirring making sure the rice is tender.
- Remove from heat and stir in cheese. Season if desired and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214.2, Fat 10.4, SaturatedFat 1.4, Sodium 9.1, Carbohydrate 27.8, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 1.7, Protein 2.4
CREAMY LEEK RISOTTO
Some think that Risotto is just too much trouble, but when you have guests that are in the kitchen drinking wine, and keeping you company it really isn't that bad. This is my stand-by risotto, we usually serve with fresh grilled steelhead. I got this from my friend Stephanie don't know where she got it from.
Provided by NitaD
Categories Short Grain Rice
Time 30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Put chicken broth in sauce pan and bring to a slow simmer.
- In thick bottomed 2 quart pan melt 1 tablespoons butter, saute chopped leeks, till softened.
- Add 1/2 cup light cream. (I use goat milk)
- salt and pepper to taste.
- Continue cooking until most of the liquid is gone. Set aside.
- In another pan or the same one that has been cleaned, add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 Tbsp of olive oil.
- Saute the minced onions, when softened, add the Arborio rice, stir until the grains turn opaque.
- Add the dry white wine, stir until no liquid is left.
- Add broth to rice 1/2 cup at a time stirring until incorparated.
- 5 minutes before finished add the leeks and the Parmesan cheese.
- Continue cooking until thickened to desired level, stirring constantly.
- Garnish with parsley or stir in before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 287.4, Fat 11.2, SaturatedFat 5.8, Cholesterol 25, Sodium 580.4, Carbohydrate 35.2, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 1.8, Protein 8
CREAMY BLUE CHEESE RISOTTO
Take just 35 minutes and serve a blue cheese risotto to your family tonight. Flecked with prosciutto, peas, mushrooms and onions, Creamy Blue Cheese Risotto is a traditional Italian rice dish. Our blue cheese risotto is also flavored with garlic and Parmesan for a great Mediterranean flavor.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Grains
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook and stir prosciutto in 1 tsp. of the oil in large skillet on medium heat until crispy. Remove prosciutto from skillet with slotted spoon; set aside. Add mushrooms, onions, garlic, rice and remaining 3 tsp. oil to skillet; stir until rice is evenly coated with oil. Cook until onions are tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add 1 cup of the broth, cooking and stirring constantly until broth is absorbed. Repeat with remaining broth, adding broth 1 cup at a time and cooking until rice is tender but firm.
- Stir in peas, Parmesan cheese and blue cheese; cook until cheeses are completely melted, stirring frequently. Spoon onto serving platter. Top with the prosciutto; sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g
ASPARAGUS RISOTTO
Put asparagus centre stage in this satisfying risotto. Top with a sprinkling of parmesan for an easy midweek meal for two
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Snap the woody ends off the asparagus stalks and tip them into a saucepan with the stock. Put on a low heat to very gently simmer. Meanwhile, cut off the tips of the asparagus, add to the stock for exactly 1 min. Scoop out with a slotted spoon and set aside. Finely slice the rest of the stalks into rounds.
- Heat the oil and half the butter in a heavy, wide pan. Cook the onions gently for 5 mins until soft, stirring often. Add the chopped asparagus stalks and cook for 2 mins more. Add the rice and continously stir for a few minutes until it turns semi-transparent and makes a hissing sound.
- Stir in the wine, if using - it will evaporate almost immediately. Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Add the stock, a ladleful at a time, stirring between each addition until it is absorbed, about 15 mins.
- Try the rice - it should feel just cooked with a slight bite to it. Stir in the asparagus tips and any last dregs of stock and cook for 1 or 2 mins more. Remove from the heat and top with the remaining butter and most of the parmesan. Season generously, cover and leave for a few minutes to settle.
- Give the risotto a thorough stir to incorporate the butter and cheese and serve straight away with the remaining parmesan for sprinkling over.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 623 calories, Fat 22 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 80 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 15 grams protein, Sodium 1.5 milligram of sodium
LEEK RISOTTO
Make leeks the star of the show in this risotto. Don't forget too the importance of butter and good-quality hard cheese for making a great risotto
Provided by Samuel Goldsmith
Categories Dinner
Time 1h35m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large, lidded frying pan or heavy-based saucepan set over a medium heat. Tip in the 80g leeks and fry for 5-8 mins until golden, to create a straw-like appearance. Remove from the pan, leaving the oil behind, and set aside. (You could skip this step and simply slice all the leeks to add in step 2, but the strips make a nice garnish to top the risotto.)
- Drizzle the remaining oil into the pan over a low-medium heat and add 25g of the butter, stirring until the butter has melted. Tip in the celery, carrots and sliced leek. Stir well, then reduce the heat to low and put the lid on. Fry for 15-20 mins, stirring occasionally until the celery, carrots and leeks have softened. Add the rice and stir to coat in the buttery veg, then turn the heat up to medium and cook for 2 mins until the rice turns translucent. Pour in the white wine, stir and cook for a few minutes until the alcohol has evaporated. Season well.
- Add in a ladleful of the hot stock and stir until it has been completely absorbed. Pour in another ladleful, stir again while the rice absorbs it, and repeat until all the stock has been used up and the rice is al dente - this should take about 20 mins. If you run out of stock, you can either make up a little more or use boiling water from the kettle. Remove from the heat and mix in the cheese and remaining butter. Ladle into bowls or onto plates, grate over some extra parmesan, and scatter over the fried leek strips. Serve straightaway.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 417 calories, Fat 18 grams fat, SaturatedFat 9 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 48 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 6 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 1 milligram of sodium
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