June 2014 recipe - Ricetta di Giugno 2014

Risi e Bisi, Italian Rice and Peas

Ingredients
4 servings

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 shallots, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 pound diced prosciutto or other dry ham
• 1 cup Arborio or other risotto rice
• 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
• 2 or more cups water
• 1 cup fresh or frozen peas
• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Preparation
Heat the olive oil in a medium-sized pot over medium-high heat. When it is hot, add the shallots and stir to combine. Let these sauté for 2-3 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat up the stock and 1 cup of water in a small pot. You want this at a simmer while you make the rice.

Add the garlic and the diced prosciutto to the pot with the shallots, stir well and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Pour in the rice, stir again and sauté for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.

Ladle some of the hot stock into the pot and start stirring. Risi e bisi is cooked like risotto, and is supposed to be pretty soupy, so you need a lot of water and you need to stir it constantly. Let this first ladle of stock cook down before you add the next. Keep adding stock, letting it cook down and stirring until you’re done with the simmering stock. It is likely that you may need at least one more cup of water to finish the dish, because all that stirring in an open pot means you evaporate more liquid than you would when you cook rice the normal way, i.e., covered. If you think you are going to need more water, add more to the simmering stock.

When you get to this last cup of water, add the peas. Keep stirring until the water has almost cooked away. Taste some rice and test for salt and doneness: Add a little salt and some more hot tap water if the rice is still crunchy – you want the rice to be a little al dente, but not so much you’re gnawing on raw grain.

Add the parsley and the parmesan and mix well. Your finished rice should be slightly soupy, so it’s OK to add a tad more water before serving.

Source: http://www.simplyrecipes.com

Risi e Bisi

Ingredienti 
Per 4 persone

• 300 gr di riso Vialone nano
• 1 kg di piselli freschi (piccoli)
• mezza cipolla bianca
• 50 gr di pancetta
• 1 mazzetto di prezzemolo
• 50 gr di burro
• 1,5 l di brodo di carne
• 4 cucchiai di parmigiano grattugiato
• sale

Preparazione
Sgranate i piselli, sbucciate la cipolla e tritatela insieme alla pancetta. Pulite il prezzemolo, lavatelo, asciugatelo e tritatelo. Mettete a bollire il brodo in una pentola.
Fate soffriggere in una casseruola il tritto di cipolla e pancetta con 30 gr di burro, aggiungete i piselli e il prezzemolo e salate. Bagnate con 500 ml di brodo bollente e lasciate cuocere per 15 minuti a fuoco medio. Versate tutto il brodo rimanente nella pentola, fate riprendere il bollore e aggiungete il riso. Portatelo a cottura rimescolandolo di tanto in tanto. Quando il brodo si sarà completamente ascigato, levate dal fuoco, mantecate con il burro rimasto e il parmigiano grattugiato.
Consigli: la pancetta utilizzata per questo piatto è quella arrotolata, tipica del padovano; stagionata per circa 6-7 mesi è tradizione tagliarla proprio quando si raccolgono i primi piselli.

Fonte: http://semplicebuono.blogspot.it