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At the Nun’s Island Farmers Market: White wine risotto balls with gremolata and balsamic

August 25, 2013 Leave a Comment

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What a great day out at the Nun’s Island farmers market. Quelle journée super au marché bio d’ile des soeurs! I saw vendors I hadn’t seen since my cooking demos last year, and caught up with Ugo, one of the nicest market organizers around. And I cooked up a storm for an attentive audience of risotto-lovers. Here’s the recipe (en français et en anglais) for anyone who got to try the risotto balls, and for anyone who thinks risotto balls sound like a great idea in general. They are.

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My little cooking tent

White Wine Risotto with Gremolata

This recipe makes tons of risotto balls. So halve it if you’re just serving these as an appetizer. You can also eat the risotto as regular risotto instead of balls and save yourself a ton of work, but it’s less cute.

1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, finely chopped (or red, or the white parts of a bunch of green onions)
2 cups arborio or other long-grain white rice
1 cup dry white wine
4 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 – 3 cups water (you’ll need three if you decide to use long-grain brown rice…it’s so very not traditional, but it still works. It does, however, take more patience since the cooking time is much longer and you’re just standing there stirring, seemingly forever)
Up to 1/2 tsp salt
3 cups chopped, packed parsley leaves (or sorrel), divided
Zest of 1 lemon
3/4 cup Balsamic vinegar

Heat stock in a small saucepan. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to coat onion in oil. You want to soften it, not brown it. Add rice, return to medium heat, and stir and cook 1 minute, or until slightly browned and toasted.

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Add the white wine, bring to a boil, and cook until almost completely absorbed (a couple minutes). Add the stock 1/2 cup at a time, stirring frequently to make sure the rice doesn’t stick to the pan. Add 1/4 salt before one of your last additions. Taste rice. It’s done when it’s soft but not mushy. Add more salt if necessary. Your rice will cook for about 20-25 minutes as long as it’s long-grain white. Brown will take up to 20 minutes more. Remove risotto from heat and let cool.

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While the risotto is cooking place balsamic vinegar in a small saucepan and reduce by half over medium-high heat.

When risotto has cooled at least 5 minutes, add 2 cups of chopped parsley leaves. Stir to combine. In a small bowl chop remaining parsley even finer (mince) and combine with the zest of 1 lemon and a pinch of salt. When risotto is cool enough to handle, roll into 30 balls and sprinkle with lemon-parsley mixture. Serve with reduced balsamic as a dipping sauce.

 

Boules de risotto au vin blanc avec gremolata

Cette recette fait beaucoup de risotto, donc faites une demi-recette si vous les servez en entrée. Vous pouvez aussi le manger comme du risotto traditionelle au lieu de rouler les balles. C’est beaucoup moins de travail, mais aussi moins chouette.

1 c. à table huile d’olive
1 onion, finement haché (rouge, blanc our les parties blanches des onions verts)
2 tasses de riz Arborio, ou autre riz long
1 tasse vin blanc sec
4 tasses bouillon de poulet ou legumes faible en sodium
1/2 – 3 tasses d’eau water (si vouz utilisez du riz brun vous aurez besoin de 3 tasses, et plus de patience. Le risotto au riz brun prend plus de temps)
Jusqu’à 1/2 c. à thé sel
3 tasses persil frais haché (ou oseille), divisé
Zeste d’un citron
3/4 tasse vinaigre balsamique

Rechauffer le bouillon dans une petite casserole, et le garder chaud. Rechauffer l’huile dans une grande poele sur moyen feu. Ajouter l’onion et le faire cuire 1 minute. Reduire le feu au minimum et faire cuire 5 minutes, en remuant de temps en temps pour enrober l’onion dans l’huile. On ne veut pas qu’il devient doré. Ajouter le riz, monter le feu jusqu’au moyen, et remuer pendant 1-2 minutes, ou jusqu’à le riz soit doré.

Ajoutez le vin blanc, faire ébulir, et faire cuire jusqu’il soit Presque absorbé (~ quelques minutes). Ajouter le bouillon une ½ tasse à la fois, en remuant fréquentement pour que le riz ne colle pas à la poele (environ 25 minutes, 40 minutes pour du riz brun). Ajouter le sel avant le dernière addition de bouillon. Gouter le riz. La recette sera terminer quand le riz sera <<al dente>>. Ajouter ¼ c. à thé sel si nécessaire. Enlever du feu et le laisser refroidir.

Pendant que le risotto cuit, mettre le vinaigre balsamique dans une petite casserole sur feu moyen. Le faire réduire par moitié (~ 7 minutes).

Quand le risotto a refroidit au moins 5 minutes, ajouter 2 tasses du persil. Remuer. Dans un petit bol, hacher encore plus finement la reste du persil et le combiner avec la zeste du citron et un tout petit peu de sel. Faire rouler le risotto en 30 petites bulles et saupoudrer avec la mélange de persil-citron. Servir avec le vinaigre balsamique réduit comme une trempette.

 

 

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