Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 10 ounces risotto rice
  • 6 cups chicken stock or 6 cups vegetable stock
  • 7 ounces frozen peas
  • 12 ounce butter
  • fresh ground black pepper
  • 2 ounces parmesan cheese, grated
  • 3 12 ounces prosciutto, fried until crisp and broken into pieces

Method

  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large pan.
  • Add the onion and garlic and cook until translucent.
  • Add the rice and stir to coat it.
  • Add the stock a ladle at a time until the rice is cooked but has a little bite to it, this should take about 20 minutes.
  • Add the peas in the last 5 minutes.
  • Take off the heat, stir in a knob of butter some black pepper and half the Parmesan.
  • Serve scattered with pieces of the proscuitto and the rest of the Parmesan.