Second Place Winner Wild Mushroom Risotto with Herbs
1 cup Lundberg Arborio Rice ¼ cup shallots, finely chopped or minced 1 head garlic, minced ½ oz. rosemary, cleaned and chopped ½ oz. thyme, cleaned and chopped ¼ bunch parsley, cleaned and chopped ¼ oz. basil, cleaned (reserve 1 nice top for garnish) 1 qt. mushroom stock, warm 1½ lb. Portobello mushroom: reserve one for top, season, rub garlic and shallots on mushroom and roast off until tender ¼ lb. dried wild mushroom mix: hydrate mushrooms in a little warm mushroom stock ¼ qt. heavy cream ½ lb. butter: room temperature, diced 2 oz. Parmesan cheese, grated 3 oz. Port wine 1 oz. olive oil Pinch kosher salt Pinch white pepper Take olive oil and warm up in pot, sweat off shallots and garlic until translucent and add rice. Sweat rice until it becomes pearl white in color, start stirring in warm mushroom essences with wooden spoon. Continue this process for roughly 17 minutes, until rice becomes tender to the tooth. Slowly add in heavy cream and diced butter. Add fresh berbs and finish off with cheese. Stirring constantly until well incorporated, season. Place sliced roasted Portobello mushroom on top and garnish with basil leaves. Christopher Heath Stone Denver, Colorado 2nd prize winner Lundberg Family Farms' rice recipe contest -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from www.doramail.com with 30 Megs of disk space in webhosting and e-mail storage! Powered by Outblaze ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HERB-RECIPE/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
