Chicken Meatballs Over Wild Mushroom Risotto Drizzled With Basil Food

CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Combine chicken, egg, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic, olive oil, bread crumbs, basil, red pepper, garlic powder, salt, pepper, parsley, and oregano in a freezer-safe bowl and mix well. Place in the freezer for 15 minutes to make the mixture firmer and easier to handle.
• Use an ice cream scoop or cookie scoop to form the mixture into about 14 meatballs a little larger than a golf ball. Add a piece of mozzarella cheese to the center of each meatball, making sure cheese is covered by meat. Place meatballs on a nonstick baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until juices run clear, 20 to 25 minutes.

WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1/4 of mushrooms and sprinkle with salt. Sauté mushrooms until tender and beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer mushrooms to medium bowl. Working in 3 more batches, repeat with 6 tablespoons butter, remaining mushrooms, and salt and pepper.
• Bring 7 cups chicken broth to simmer in medium saucepan; keep warm. Melt remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter with olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add leek, sprinkle with salt, and sauté until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Add rice and increase heat to medium. Stir until edges of rice begin to look translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add white wine and vermouth and stir until liquid is absorbed, about 1 minute. Add 3/4 cup warm chicken broth; stir until almost all broth is absorbed, about 1 minute. Continue adding broth by 3/4 cupfuls, stirring until almost all broth is absorbed before adding more, until rice is halfway cooked, about 10 minutes. Stir in sautéed mushrooms. Continue adding broth by 3/4 cupfuls, stirring until almost all broth is absorbed before adding more, until rice is tender but still firm to bite and risotto is creamy, about 10 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, if using. Transfer risotto to serving bowl. Pass additional Parmesan cheese alongside, if desired.

CHICKEN MEATBALLS OVER WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO DRIZZLED WITH BASIL

Steps:

• for meatballs:.
• preheat oven to 375.
• heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and saute onions for 3-4 minutes and season with a little salt.
• add garlic to onions and saute till onions are translucent about 4 minutes remove from heat and cool on a plate.
• in a bowl combine chicken, onions, egg, parmesean cheese 1 teaspoon kosher salt, remaining spices and milk mix well.
• add breadcrumbs and mix thoroughly.
• shape into 8-10 meatballs.
• heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a oven proof skillet and fry meatballs for 3 minutes a side.
• when meatballs are brown all over cover and place skillet into preheated oven.
• cook for 12 minutes and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Risotto:.
• heat 1 tablespoon olive oilin a pan add onions and a pinch of salt and saute for 3-4 minutes.
• add garlic and sute for 2-3 more minutes.
• add mushrooms and cook for 3-4 minutes more.
• add rice and cook for 2-3 minutes, do not allow rice to brown.
• add two cups of broth and stir constantly until most of liquid is gone.
• continue cooking down each cup of broth for all five cups until risotto is creamy.
• remove risotto from heat and add parmesean mix thoroughly.
• Basil Pesto:.
• place garlic, basil and toasted pine nuts into a processor and grind till coarsely chopped.
• add oil and continue pulsing umtil smooth.
• add 1/2 cup parmesean, salt and pepper to taste, and mix one more time.
• transfer pesto to pan and heat through.
• to serve place risotto into bowls and add meatballs to each.
• spoon pesto sauce over meatballs and risotto, top with remaining parmesean.

WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO WITH BASIL OIL

Steps:

• Blanch basil in boiling water and shock in an ice bath. Drain and puree with salt, pepper, and fresh lemon juice, to taste. Add desired amount of olive oil while pureeing the basil, remove and strain through coffee filter slowly. Do not press oil through.
• Heat a pan over medium heat. Saute shallots in butter. Add the rice and stir until rice is hot. Continue stirring but do not brown the rice. Add the first third of the stock to hot rice and consistently stir the risotto until stock has reduced almost all the way. Repeat with stock 2 more times while constantly stirring the risotto and keeping the bottom of the pan from sticking.
• Meanwhile, in a side pan saute sliced mushrooms and fold them into the risotto just before it is finished. Stir and finish with heavy cream and Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, then drizzle with basil oil and serve.

WILD MUSHROOM, CHICKEN & BACON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Soak the dried mushrooms in 500ml boiling water for 20 mins, then drain the liquid into the stock. The mushrooms will have absorbed a lot of the liquid; you should have 1.5l in total. Chop the soaked mushrooms and add to the chestnut mushrooms.
• Make the risotto: start by frying the bacon in half the butter, then add the onion. When they are soft, add the mushrooms and continue to cook for a few mins until soft. Stir through the rice and continue as in the basic recipe. When you add the final ladle of stock, stir through the chicken to reheat. Add the chopped parsley with the Parmesan and remaining butter, leave to rest for a few mins, then stir through and serve.