Tuna Risotto From The Pantry Food

TUNA RISOTTO FROM THE PANTRY

Steps:

• Drain the tuna over a bowl. Stir the tuna water into the chicken or vegetable stock. Taste and add more salt as needed for a well-seasoned stock. Break up the tuna in a bowl, and add to it 1 of the garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, and the parsley. Set aside.
• Bring the stock to a simmer in a saucepan and turn the heat to low.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil over medium heat in a large nonstick frying pan or wide saucepan and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes, and add the remaining garlic. Cook, stirring, for about a minute, until the garlic is fragrant, and stir in the anchovies and tomatoes. Cook, stirring, until the tomatoes have cooked down and the mixture is fragrant, 5 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add the rice and cook, stirring, until the grains of rice are separate and well coated with the tomato mixture, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir in the wine and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. The wine should bubble, but not too quickly. You want some of the flavor to cook into the rice before it evaporates. When the wine has just about evaporated, rub the saffron between your fingertips and stir in, along with a ladleful or two of the simmering stock, enough to just cover the rice. The stock should bubble slowly. Cook, stirring often and vigorously, until it is just about absorbed. Add another ladleful of the stock and continue to cook in this fashion, not too fast and not too slowly, adding more stock when the rice is almost dry, for 20 to 25 minutes. Taste a bit of the rice. It should taste chewy but not hard in the middle. Definitely not soft like steamed rice. If it is still hard in the middle, you need to keep adding stock and cook for another 5 minutes or so. Taste and adjust salt.
• When the rice is cooked al dente, stir in the tuna mixture and peas and add another ladleful or two of stock and several twists of the peppermill. Stir for a couple of minutes, taste and adjust seasonings. The mixture should be creamy. Add a little more stock if it is not. Spoon onto plates or wide soup bowls and serve.

TUNA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet and add rice and garlic. Cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes until rice is coated with oil and starts to turn a bit golden in spots.
• Add wine, pepper, and 1 cup chicken broth to the skillet. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and cook mixture for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until liquid is absorbed.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the remaining broth, stirring the rice until liquid is absorbed.
• Continue until the rice is tender, and the risotto is the consistency you want.
• Add lemon juice, spinach, lemon peel, and tuna. Cook and stir gently until spinach is wilted.
• Stir in butter until melted along with 1/2 cup cheese. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and serve.

TUNA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and fry off onions, garlic and sea salt and stir for 5 minutes, or until onion is soft.
• Add rice and stir for 1 minute.
• Add stock and tomatoes bring to simmering point.
• Stir in Tuna.
• Cover and cook for 30 minutes or until rice is cooked.
• 5 minutes before serving, stir in peas.

BAKED TUNA AND ZUCCHINI RISOTTO

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200 C or about 375 F.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat.
• Lightly fry the onion for about 5 minutes until translucent.
• Add the rice and stir for another minute.
• Add the stock to the rice with the tomatoes.
• Bring to a simmering point and then stir in the tuna and zucchini.
• Season with black pepper and salt and then put in an ovenproof dish and bake for 30 minutes or until the rice is cooked.
• Scatter shredded basil leaves over the top and the freshly grated parmesan just before serving.

BAKED TUNA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C.
• Heat an ovenproof dish (with a lid) over a medium heat with oil. Add onion, garlic and sea salt and stir for five minutes, or until the onion is soft.
• Add the rice to the dish and stir for another minute.
• Add the stock and the chopped tomatoes and bring to simmering point. Stir in the tuna and zucchinis and season with black pepper.
• Cover the dish, transfer to the oven and bake the risotto for 30 minutes, or until cooked.
• Garnish with parsley and serve with parmesan if desired.

TUNA RISOTTO NAPOLITANA

Steps:

• Heat stock in a saucepan and keep on the plate next to where you are making your rice. Keep hot.
• Heat oil in frying pan and add onion and garlic. Saute until soft.
• Stir in rice and cook 3 minutes until grains are coated with oil.
• Add 1 cup stock and stir until liquid is absorbed.
• Continue stirring in remaining stock 1 cup at a time until rice is tender and mixture is creamy. If rice is cooked after 3 cups don't add the 4th.
• Fold in tuna, herbs, semi-dried tomatoes, olives, lemon rind and juice, chilli and seasoning.
• To serve place paremsan shavings on top, extra chopped herbs and if desired a drizzle of olive oil.

BAKED TUNA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Add olive oil, chopped onions, red pepper and garlic to an oven-proof pan and fry gently for 5 minutes to soften, stirring often.
• Add the rice and fry gently for 1 minute, then stir in the stock and tinned tomatoes.
• Stir in the tuna and season with salt and black pepper. Cover the pan.
• Put in a preheated oven at 200 degrees C, 180 degrees fan, gas mark 6, for 20 minutes. Stir and add a little more liquid if necessary and cook for a further 10 minutes. Serve with the rocket and spinach if required.

TUNA STEAK WITH RISOTTO

Steps:

• Risotto:.
• Sauté onion in butter until soft.
• Add rice to onion mixture and coat rice with mix.
• On a lower heat, add ½ cup broth and 2 tbsp lemon juice.
• Stir constantly and add another ½ cup of broth.
• Repeat with ½ cup broth, ½ cup water until rice is tender but not mushy. It should be done slowly, and not all liquid needs to be used.
• Stir in cheese.
• Tuna:.
• Baste tuna in Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice.
• sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the steak.
• On high heat, add oil or spray to a saute pan and wait for it to heat.
• Sear the tuna on each side for only 1-2 minutes. Tuna steaks should be eaten with pink in the middle and should not be over cooked.
• Serve with lemon.