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butter mushrooms onion garlic Arborio rice white wine vegetable stock thyme Mozzarella cheese all-purpose flour sunflower oil
Viewed: 23 - Published at: 6 years agoIngredients
- 1 ounce butter
- 7 ounces wild mushrooms or 7 ounces chestnut mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 10 1/2 ounces arborio rice
- 5 tablespoons white wine
- 3 1/4 cups vegetable stock, hot
- 1 tablespoon thyme leaves
- 4 1/2 ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into 12 pieces
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons sunflower oil
Method
- Heat 1oz of the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat, until foaming. Add the mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes. Drain off any excess liquid and set the mushrooms aside.
- Return the pan to the heat, add the onion, garlic and remaining butter and cook for 5 minutes. Add the rice and stir for 1 minute. Add the wine and simmer until reduced to almost nothing. Add a ladleful of stock and simmer until nearly absorbed. Keep adding the stock in this way, until the rice is al dente - about 20 minutes. Fold in the thyme and mushrooms. Season, cool slightly, then chill until cold.
- Shape the risotto into 12 cakes. Make a hole in the centre of each and press in a piece of cheese. Cover by squeezing the sides together.
- Roll the risotto cakes in the flour. Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan and fry the cakes, in batches, for 3-4 minutes each side or until golden and crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Keep warm in a low oven while you fry the rest.
- Serve 2-3 risotto cakes each, with a little dressed salad and a spoonful of your favourite chutney / relish.
