Bacon And Broccoli Risotto Food

BROCCOLI-CHEDDAR OVEN RISOTTO

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Bring the chicken broth to a low simmer in a saucepan. Toss the broccoli with the olive oil on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large Dutch oven or ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Add the rice and stir to coat. Pour in the wine and cook until evaporated, about 1 minute. Add the hot broth, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; bring to a boil. Cover and set on the bottom oven rack. Place the broccoli on the upper rack. Bake, stirring the rice and broccoli once halfway through cooking, until most of the liquid has been absorbed in the rice and the broccoli is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove the rice and broccoli from the oven. Add 3/4 cup hot water, the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and the cheese to the rice and stir until creamy (add a little more hot water to loosen, if necessary). Stir in the broccoli.

BACON AND BROCCOLI RISOTTO

Steps:

• Place the Broccoli Florets in a Saucepan of boiling water and boil until soft. Have a Frying pan on a medium heat, add the butter/oil to the pan and swirl to cover the base of the pan. Add the Smoked Bacon and cook for a 3 minutes, until the edges are brown, then add the Spring Onion and Carrots to the pan and toss to cook.
• After 2 minutes off cooking, add the Arboria Rice to pan and stir using a Spatula/Wooden Spoon, remembering to constantly stir and shake the pan to avoid the Rice from burning, after 2 minutes of cooking the Rice, add a ladle spoon full of the Stock to the pan. Add the Salt and Pepper to season the Dish, seasoning is important!
• Remembering to constantly stir and shake the pan to ensure the Rice doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. Once around 2/3 of the Stock has been used up, add the Soft Broccoli to the pan. Once all of the moisture has been soaked up by the Rice, add a ladle of Stock to the pan.
• Once all of the remaining Stock has been soaked up by the Rice, making sure the rice is cooked, taste it and taste again, also make sure that the dish is not stodgy or too watery, a thickness/consistency of Custard is perfect.
• Once you are happy with the consistency and taste of the dish, transfer to a serving plate/bowl, season with salt and pepper, and add a pinch of Parsley to Garnish and add a little colour to the dish. Dig in and Enjoy.

BROCCOLI RISOTTO

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet on medium-high heat 5 min. or just until bacon is crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon, reserving drippings in skillet. Drain bacon on paper towels.
• Add onions to reserved drippings; cook 4 to 5 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in rice, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook and stir 2 min. Add 1/2 cup broth; cook and stir 1 min. or until absorbed.
• Stir in additional 1/2 cup broth; cook on medium-low heat 4 min. or until most the broth is absorbed, stirring constantly. Repeat until all the broth has been added. (Rice should be tender, but firm. This will take about 25 min.) Add broccoli; cook and stir 2 min. or until heated through. Remove from heat.
• Add bacon and cheese; mix lightly.

BROCCOLI RISOTTO

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil. Saute garlic and broccoli until garlic is soft, about 3 minutes. Add 1/3 cup chicken broth, 3 tablespoons parsley, and salt and paper to taste. Simmer, uncovered, just until broccoli is tender, about 6 minutes. Set aside., Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a large saucepan. Cook onion until tender, about 3 minutes. Add rice and stir until rice is coated. Add wine or broth; cook until wine is, stirring constantly., In small saucepan, heat remaining broth and keep warm. Stir 2/3 cup warm broth into rice mixture. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat until all of the liquid is absorbed, stirring constantly. Add remaining broth, 1/3 cup at a time, stirring constantly. Allow the liquid to absorb between additions. Rice will be creamy and grains tender when done. (Total cooking time is about 25 minutes.) , Stir in the lemon juice, butter, 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese and reserved broccoli. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and parsley. Serve immediately.

EASY RISOTTO WITH BACON & PEAS

Steps:

• Finely chop 1 onion. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil and a knob of butter in a pan, add the onions and fry until lightly browned (about 7 minutes).
• Add 6 chopped rashers streaky bacon and fry for a further 5 minutes, until it starts to crisp.
• Add 300g risotto rice and 1l hot vegetable stock, and bring to the boil. Stir well, then reduce the heat and cook, covered, for 15-20 minutes until the rice is almost tender.
• Stir in 100g frozen peas, add a little salt and pepper and cook for a further 3 minutes, until the peas are cooked.
• Serve sprinkled with freshly grated parmesan and freshly ground black pepper.