Risotto

Another of Mum's recipes.

An easy one pot meal good for using up odd leftovers. As long as you have oil, onion, rice and water everything else is flexible.

Per person:

  • 1 very small onion chopped (or half a bigger one)
  • chopped or crushed garlic (optional!)
  • 1 bay leaf (optional but recommended)
  • Chopped herbs (optional but recommended - you could use dried)
  • 75g long grain rice ( "easy cook" rice is good as it won't go sticky)
  • 190 mls hot water ( = 2.5 times volume of rice)
  • half a stock cube
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • salt & pepper ( stock cube may be quite salty so you might not need much salt you can always add more when it's on the plate)

any or all of the following, quantity depends on how hungry you are:-

  • cooked meat, - bacon, chicken, sausage
  • celery - chopped small
  • carrot - chopped small
  • peas
  • sweetcorn
  • peppers - chopped small
  • chopped tomato
  • sliced mushrooms
  • anything else you've got that you think will taste good

Dissolve stock cube in hot water.

Heat oil in saucepan and cook onion and any raw vegetables until onion is softened. Add garlic, bay leaf and rice a cook for a minute or so. Pour in stock and bring back to boil. Add everything else and simmer gently until rice is cooked and all the liquid is absorbed. Watch it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan near the end of cooking time. Take out the bay leaf and sprinkle with grated cheese to serve.

Easy or what!

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