Risotto is so easy to make, you can make it with about anything and it tastes amazing when done right.In 2000 as I walked along port fontvieille in Monaco I got talking to a bunch of people on the most extraordinary schooner. While chatting away I was invited to board the boat and eat lunch with the crew.
The boat was Zaca Zaca , Errol Flynn's boat. It didn't really matter that Errol Flynn was not there, for sure he was in spirit as I felt so nervous treading on the very deck Robin Hood had decades before I was born.
The crew prepared a delish risotto the recipe of which I will write down below.
Ingredients
1 C Risotto
2 C Stock (I just made some fresh Chicken and Fish stock and my recipe will be posted soon)
2.5 C Cheddar
Lemon
Method
Bang into a sauce pan rice and stock. Put on medium heat and let the liquid absorb slowly until the rice is goohey. Add more stock as required to make the rice into goo. Grate and add cheese and vigorously stir under the goohey rice. Lastly zest a lemon and add to the dish as well as some cracked pepper. That's all! Parmesano Reggiano would be ideal of course but it will cost a bomb for 2 cups I am afraid.
How to serve
Serve with a variety of vegetables such asparagus spears in a white cream cheese sauce, beans smothered in butter, grilled tomatoes. Serve with meats like rack of lamb, chops, sausages or bacon.
