{"id":2518,"date":"2011-12-22T06:40:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2012-01-12T07:19:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T23:19:51","slug":"sweet-risotto-with-strawberries-pistachios-and-limoncello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/sweet-risotto-with-strawberries-pistachios-and-limoncello\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet risotto with strawberries, pistachios and limoncello"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ve always been somewhat creative in the kitchen.\u00a0 Sometimes this creativity has served me well and others not so much.\u00a0 Yes, I have had my fair share of disasters in the kitchen but I\u2019m not going to share them right now :).<\/p>\n

When I decided to develop this recipe I threw caution to the wind and jumped right in.\u00a0 The end result I wanted to achieve was that of sweet risotto and NOT rice pudding.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with rice pudding perse, it\u2019s just that there are so many recipes available (both Thermomix and non-Thermomix) that I didn\u2019t want to create yet another.\u00a0 And hence, Sweet risotto with strawberries, pistachios and limoncello was born.<\/p>\n

The strawberries were included because they were in season and gorgeously sweet, the pistachios because I love their green hue and the limoncello was a\u00a0suggestion from my wonderful Group Leader, Liz.\u00a0 When I mentioned to her that I wanted to try this recipe she gave me a sample from her bottle of limoncello so that I could test it.\u00a0 It was so good I\u2019ve now purchased my own (very large) bottle.<\/p>\n

The first time I made this, G liked it but felt that it needed a sauce of some kind.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t so sure because I tried it as soon as it was assembled whereas he let it cool first.\u00a0 However, I had some strawberries left over so whipped up a strawberry and limoncello syrup.\u00a0\u00a0 When others tried it they agreed with G.<\/p>\n

So I acknowledge two things.\u00a0 I love a collaboration of ideas\/suggestions when it comes to creative cooking and G has a wonderful palate that teaches me more than he knows :).<\/p>\n

sweet risotto with strawberries, pistachios and limoncello (recipe by Fiona at Food\u00a04 Thought)<\/span>
\n makes approximately\u00a04-6 desserts<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span>
\n50g shelled pistachio nuts
\nZest of \u00bd large lemon (approx 10g)
\n50g raw sugar
\n\u00bd vanilla bean, scraped
\n40g butter
\n200g Arborio rice
\n60g white wine
\n1 \u00bd tablespoons limoncello
\n550g full cream milk
\nto serve<\/em>
\nthinly sliced strawberries
\ncrushed pistachios
\nstrawberry syrup\/sauce<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/span>
\nPour nuts into bowl and chop for 2 seconds <\/strong>on speed 5<\/strong>.\u00a0 Remove from bowl and set aside.\u00a0 Place lemon zest, sugar and vanilla into TM bowl and pulverise for 20 seconds<\/strong> at speed 9<\/strong>.\u00a0 Scrape down sides of bowl and repeat if necessary, until zest is finely ground.<\/p>\n

Add butter and cook for 2 minutes<\/strong> at 100\u00b0C<\/strong> on speed 1<\/strong>.\u00a0 Insert butterfly, add rice and cook for 1 minute<\/strong> at 100\u00b0C<\/strong>, reverse, <\/strong>on soft speed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Add wine and limoncello.\u00a0 Cook for 1 minute<\/strong> at 100\u00b0C, reverse<\/strong> on soft speed<\/strong>.\u00a0 Add milk and cook for 16 minutes <\/strong>at 100\u00b0C, reverse <\/strong>on soft speed<\/strong>.\u00a0 For the last 5 minutes tilt MC to allow the mixture to thicken slightly.<\/p>\n

Once cooked, pour into Thermoserver and stand while slicing strawberries.<\/p>\n

To serve, place 2 tablespoons of risotto in base of glass or bowl.\u00a0 Place single layer of strawberries on top of rice then sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
\nTop with another layer of risotto.\u00a0 Decorate with strawberries and pistachios.\u00a0 Serve with syrup.<\/p>\n

My tips\/alterations:<\/span> *You can make this dish without a Thermomix but following the recipe and cooking it in a pot on the stove.\u00a0 Just watch that it doesn’t burn and you may need to cook it a little longer.\u00a0 *If this starts to bubble out of the hole in the lid of the Thermomix you can tilt the MC and insert on its side.\u00a0 *If you allow it to stand in the Thermoserver for too long it will thicken quite a bit.\u00a0 If you would like a softer consistency just add some milk or even thin cream.\u00a0\u00a0*If you want to peel your pistachios (see difference in picture at the end of this post), simply place pistachios in bowl, cover with boiling water, allow to stand for 5 minutes then squeeze them out of their skins.<\/p>\n

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e<\/strong>ase: 9\/10.<\/strong>\u00a0 The Thermomix makes risotto a very simple thing to make!
\nprep time: 10mins\u00a0<\/strong>+\u00a0assembling.
\ncooking time: 20mins <\/strong>
\ntotal:\u00a030 mins <\/strong>+ assembling.<\/p>\n

taste: 8.5\/10.<\/strong>\u00a0 Both G & I loved this, and it was something that we have never tried before.\u00a0 The flavours and textures worked really well and the strawberry syrup (recipe to follow) bought it all.<\/p>\n

would I make it again: Yes!<\/strong>\u00a0 Especially if I wanted to show friends something a little different.<\/p>\n

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L: Unpeeled; R: Skins removed<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been somewhat creative in the kitchen. Sometimes this creativity has served me well and others not so much. Yes, I have had my fair share of disasters in the kitchen but I\u2019m not going to share them right now :).<\/p>\n

When I decided to develop this recipe I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[87,81,50,48,43,65],"tags":[15,4,122,114,135],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2534,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.foodfourthought.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}