Risi e bisi
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It is classic Venice rice dish. Usually it”s served with more liquid than in risotto. And the most important – it is really easy and quick. We made it a few times, and always family is delighted.
Risi e bisi
Time needed:
Yields: 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 60 g butter
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 60-90 g ham, cut in cubes
- 2 cloves garlic, finely diced
- 300 g risotto rice
- 300 g peas, frozen
- salt
- black pepper
- 1 l chicken or vegetable stock, hot
- 60 g parmesan cheese, grated
- 2 tbsps. choped parsley, for decoration
Directions:
- In a big pot melt butter.
- When it will start to bubble, put onions, ham, garlic and fry on low heat for about 3-5 minutes till onions become soft but do not change its color. Do not forget to mix from time to time.
- Pour rice and mix to coat with butter.
- Pour frozen peas and seasonings.
- Pour half stock and constantly mixing stew on low heat till there will be no liquid.
- Then pour a little bit more stock and heat again till it soak to rice. Repeat it till rice become soft and the mixture – thick. It will take about 25 minutes.
- Serve hot, sprinkled with parmesan and parsleys.
- Enjoy!
Source: Mary Berry – Klasikinė virtuvė (Alma littera, 2005)
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I’ve heard a lot of compliments on these sticks. And they were tasted not only by my family, but by a lot of people in my mother’s relatives gathering. From this amount you will bake a lot of cheese sticks, so when I saw it I devided it in halves and the first half was baked the same day for the gathering. The second part was baked next day only for my family. So what can I say… You should really wait and let rest dough in a refrigerator, because next day they were lighter and moister. By the way, I made half with caraway and in another half I omitted it. I liked both variants, so you decide by yourself to use caraway or not.
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