My first attempt had been a bit of a disaster and I wasn't too sure why. Hubby and I both agreed that the flavour was fantastic but the texture was mega stodgy. For some reason I ended up having to use a hell of a lot more liquid than the recipe called for and I had to cook it a lot longer too. It was all rather disappointing, but I knew it was something I wanted to try again.
I had decided that perhaps my stock wasn't hot enough when I was adding it last time (the recipe calls for it to be simmering but not boiling and I think I may have been a little cautious) so I decided to focus on that this time.
A risotto is quite a tedious thing to make as it requires constant stirring for about half an hour or so, and I was glad of my newly developed biceps from my recent adventures at the gym!
I got to the end of my stock about 5 minutes before the end of the half hour so I ended up putting about another half cup in, but still a lot less than last time!! Also, the rice wasn't quite done so I gave it another 5 minutes before serving, but again this was way less than last time.
End result? Not bloody bad! I jumped the gun a bit taking the rice off as some of it was still a wee bit underdone, but it was edible! It was also a bit on the salty side as we had used a normal stock cube plus one of Hubby's homemade chicken stock cubes, and my extra half cup of liquid was also stock (I'm fairly sure last time I just used extra water) But these are both things that can be easily fixed for next time!
If you are interested at all here is the recipe I used, once again from my beloved Cooking Light magazine! sausage & spinach risotto I halved the recipe so it would just serve two, but I still used two sausages as no-one should ever have to share a sausage! I also threw in a handful of peas because everything tastes better with peas! :-)
I really enjoyed getting back in to the kitchen and cooking something fun, and cant wait to try some more new stuff! Tonight I'm going to cook snapper for the first time so I'm a little nervous - I'm not very good with fish and usually leave it for the Hubby to cook, but I suppose id better learn at some point! I'll let you know how that goes ......
Well, now I'm off to hover by the window waiting for the FedEx man to deliver my fabulous new dress from pinupgirlclothing.com - my new favourite website - and if he doesn't arrive too late I may even get to the gym, as my fabulous new dress will need a fabulous flatter stomach to do it justice!! (or maybe some Spanx instead ........)
Laters ....!! x
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