Risi E Bisi Italian Style Rice And Peas Food

ITALIAN RICE & PEAS (RISI E BISI)

Steps:

• Shell peas, reserving the pods. Place the pods, yellow onion and water in a large pot. Bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook for 25 minutes. Pour the broth through a strainer into a large saucepan (discard the solids). You should have 6 cups. Keep the broth hot over low heat.
• Combine passito (or other dessert wine and raisins in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add white onion and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Add the shelled peas and cook for 1 minute. Cover and cook until the peas are tender, about 3 minutes more. Add rice and stir to coat with oil. Add dry white wine and cook, stirring, until evaporated, about 15 seconds. Add 1/2 cup of the reserved pea broth and cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until most of the liquid has been absorbed. Continue to cook, adding the hot broth 1/2 cup at a time and stirring frequently after each addition, until most of the liquid is absorbed. The risotto is done when you've used all the hot liquid and the rice is creamy and just tender, 25 to 35 minutes total.
• Stir in the reserved raisins and wine; season with salt and white pepper.

RISI E BISI (ITALIAN RICE AND PEAS)

Steps:

• After sauteing the leeks and rice as above.
• Add at least 7 - 8 cups broth, peas, bay leaves, bring to a boil, cover and cook for 20 - 30 minutes until rice is tender.
• Remove from heat add in parsley. Let set a few minutes and serve as desired.

RISI E BISI

Steps:

• In a saucepan add bouillon crystals and 1 Tbs butter to 2 cups water and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat to low, stir in rice and simmer, covered, about 20 minutes.
• Add 2 Tbs butter, peas, salt and pepper; if necessary, add a little more water.
• Increase heat to medium and cook about 10 minutes until peas and rice are cooked and water is absorbed.
• Add bacon, mix light and cook another minute or so just to heat through.

RISI E BISI

Steps:

• Heat broth in a small pot on the back burner over medium-low.
• Set a wide, shallow, long-handled pan over medium-low. Melt 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil until butter foams. Set the remaining 1 tablespoon butter back in the fridge to keep cold.
• Add scallions, season with a pinch of salt and stir until sweated and soft, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add zucchini coins, season with a pinch of salt, and stir until they start to sweat, begin to soften and become a little translucent, about 2 minutes.
• Push vegetables out to the edge of the pan in a ring, leaving an empty space in the center. Adjust heat - a tad hotter - then add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, then rice. Stir rice until coated and glistening, and keep stirring until it begins sizzling slightly.
• Microplane the garlic over the sizzling rice, then draw the vegetables into the rice as well, stirring well to combine, leaving a little space - a moatlike ring - along the edges where the vegetables were.
• Add the peas to the empty outer space you just created. Run your spoon through them, keeping them in their outer ring, coating them in the oil and moisture. Season the whole business with another pinch of salt.
• Ladle a generous cup of hot broth over the rice mixture in the center, seasoning with salt at each addition of broth, and stirring as the liquid is absorbed. Add another generous cupful of broth, stirring the rice while it absorbs. Repeat once more with a third cup of hot broth, stirring until the rice starts to show signs of its signature starchy and creamy nature. Keep the peas at the outer edge as much as possible. (This might remind you of making homemade pasta, when you are whisking the eggs in the well of the flour and very slowly drawing in the flour.) This entire step should take about 20 minutes. Adjust the heat slightly along the way for a very gentle, hot steaming - not hard simmering - stirring all the while.
• Add the remaining broth all at once. The peas and vegetables will slightly float on the surface, while the rice will naturally remain submerged. Stir gently or shake and swirl the pan in the classic cresting, swelling wave style, all'onde, bringing everything together - rice, zucchini, peas, broth - about 7 more minutes, maybe 10 at most.
• Turn off heat. Season assertively with black pepper. Stir or swirl in the remaining chilled butter, and finish with the grated cheese. Serve hot.

RISI E BISI (ITALIAN RICE AND PEAS) (RICE COOKER)

Steps:

• Set Rice Cooker for the quick cook or regular cycle.
• Place the olive oil and butter in the rice cooker bowl.
• When the butter melts, add the shallots and celery.
• Cook, stirring a few times, until the shallots are softened but not browned, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the wine and cook for a couple of minutes.
• Add the rice and stir to coat the grains with the hot butter.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until the grains of rice are transparent except for a white spot on each, 3-5 minutes.
• Add the stock and peas, if you are using fresh, mature peas; stir to combine.
• Close the cover and reset for the Porridge cycle, or for the regular cycle and set a timer for 20 minutes.
• When the machine switches to the Keep Warm cycle or the timer sounds, stir the rice with a wooden or plastic rice paddle or wooden spoon.
• The rice should be only a bit liquid and the rice should be al dente, tender with just touch of tooth resistance.
• If needed, cook for a few minutes longer.
• This rice will hold on the Keep Warm cycle for up to 1 hour.
• When ready to serve, add the peas, if you are using frozen or very tender fresh ones; stir just to combine.
• Add the butter and close the lid or 2-3 minutes to allow to melt and the peas to heat through.
• Stir in the cream, cheese and salt to taste.
• Serve immediately.