Just Thoughts

Decided to make risotto and since all recipes have chicken stock, wine, onion, seasoning and I don’t have any of those, I decided to just go ahead and make use of whatever I have …. bloggy style hehehehe

You know how they say pictures are better than words, well in this case pictures are better than taste also

Since I don’t have that many deep pans, actually I only have one. I boiled the water and transferred it to my cornflakes bowl and used the pan again to sauté the risotto rice in some butter. I didn’t have chicken stock or any flavors of that kind, what I had was portobello mushrooms that I got from the farmers open market yesterday, so I cut these up and put them in the resting boiled water, just to give the water essence and to sooth the mushrooms.

I gradually poured in the water, burning my hands in the process and spilling on the cooker, then stirring the rice, when all the water evaporated, I poured in some more, of course I took the mushrooms out of the hot water and placed them on a side plate.

After each pour and stir, I taste the rice, if it is still crunchy I pour more water, I then added thick cream, only a little, which kind of made the rice puff up and become mushy, so I added water again and again!

I don’t have that much salt, actually I just took pepper and salt packets from the university cafeteria and forgot to bring in some more so I only used one pack and stirred the rice and finally added the mushrooms and Parmesan cheese.

Placed everything on the plate and sprinkled more cheese on the top.

How it tasted, well I have tasted better risotto, well actually much better. The texture was great, but it was missing salt and a flavor, I could actually taste the water in the rice, so I knew if I used some chicken or vegetable stock, it would’ve tasted better. The cheese helped a lot with the flavor.

I give it 5 points out of 10. It’s good beginners starting point

If you are wondering what the garlic bread is doing next to the risotto, well I got this ready made that will expire soon, so I need to eat a piece everyday before it expires. The disadvantage of food-for-one.