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Liz,that recipe I put up is great in the oven.Best thing is you don't have to stand and keep stirring .Lovely and creamy too.I did a nice smoked Haddock Risotto too.Just trying to think if I did that in the slow cooker :-S :-S

Never heard of risotto baked in the oven, but I love risotto cooked on the hob, I use my wok to do it.

I had salmon and vodka risotto in Malta, wish I had asked for the recipe as it was tasty altho of course I couldn't taste the vodka lol


Lizx

I love "Frog Spawn" Merlin..........Even though i like rice, i have never really fancied Risotto!

I prefer rice pudding done in the oven or for other types use my Rice Cooker,nice fluffy rice. oh and that reminder of Frogspawn! a very apt description of it YUK. :-S :-S :-S

Hello Piers, it is so nice to see you keep popping on here.
Perhaps it is an aquired taste
And not to your refined palette

Keep posting

Julia in Derbyshire

I've eaten this twice..... never again lol. Perhaps it's one of those dishes that can go disastrously wrong :-D

Creamy rice pudding with a lovely brown skin on top - now you're talking!

Merlin me deerio, I like Tapioca Pudding, and Rice Pudding with a Skin on top LOLOL


Julia in Derbyshire

My rissotto isn't sloppy!

Merlin, I think you're confusing it with frog spawn :-0 :-0

Merlin that is exactly what puts me off risotto. As a result have never cooked it.

Yuk, reminds me of "Tapioco Pudding",horrible stuff,I like rice but not sloppy . :-S

I love Risotto.
This one is so easy and I add some cooked chipolata sausages cut into bits .

Fry some chopped bacon with fat removed without oil for 5-10 mins until crisp.
Remove from pan,set aside.
Heat 1tblsp olive oil in the pan and add 1 peeled and finely chopped onion.Fry for 5 mins until soft.Add 200g Arborio rice ans 3 roughly chopped tomatoes.Stir continuously for 2-3 mins.

Make up 700 ml veg stock and pour 500ml over the rice mixture.Add cooked bacon(and my sausages).Stir through.Then transfer to a 2 litre baking dish and bake in pre heated oven.150deg ,130(fan)gas 2 for 20 mins.Remove from oven and stir.Increase heat to 170deg,150(fan),3 and a half gas.Add some frozen peas and rest of the stock.Return to oveb for another 20 mins.Stir through some parsley and top with some Parmesan shavings.
This amount I think is to feed about 3 people.
It is really tasty and so easy as it's done in the oven.

Janex

Thanks all for replying.

And thanks Island, I will try that recipe.


Julia in Derbyshire

I put onions and 2 or 3 different types of beans and garden peas in it.
Thick slices of young courgette go on the top with a lid on for just long enough to heat them up - I can't stand soggy courgettes.
I good splash of soy sauce once it's served up and yummy yum :-D

It has to be brown rice. :-D

Hi Julia,

Sorry but it's a YUK from me and OH.
Love rice dishes but not risotto.

Emma x :-|

I love risotto...I eat it with crispy pork on top....

Jules x

Thanks Annie G. I'll have a search around for it.

Julia in Derbyshire

Although we both like rice, I have never made risotto. Wednesday night we watched the Hairy Bikers, and they cook a Risotto dish with Broad Beans and Asparagus in with Sliced Green Beans on the top. We both said it looked delicious, but could not eat a platefull of it, without some meat on it.
How do you eat Risotto, if at all

Julia in Derbyshire