What's for Dinner?

Snowflake · 10-16-2009, 06:32 PM

Once upon a time there lived a single girl, she had not lived alone for a long while. But now, her ex-roomie is gone off to a new adventure in Mexico and and now, it's just she and the cat in single blessedness. The cat got a small shrimp for a dinner treat. Tonight's bill of fare, Risotto with mushrooms and pancetta (Italian bacon to you)

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Saute pancetta until delicious fat is rendered and until it begins to crisp, remove from pan, leave the drippings in.

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Slice and add mushrooms of your choice, saute on medium high heat, I like mine roasted, and flame with some marsala if you have it. Remove from pan and set aside.

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Chop garlic and shallot, saute in some olive oil until it smells divine, and don't let the garlic burn.

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Quickly add arborio and toss, stir, just mix it up. Let the rice saute and toast a little bit, keep tossing the pan for a few minutes.

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Add some wine (hard to do, photographing with one hand and pouring with another).

To be continued since I can only upload 5 pics at a time.

Snowflake · 10-16-2009, 06:36 PM

Continued:

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Bubbling with stock and season with salt and I also add some porcini dust (from the bottom of the bag of dried porcini for an extra kick of mushroom flavor)

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Time to add more stock!

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Swirl in some decadent cream

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add back the mushrooms

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Add cheese

To be continued

Snowflake · 10-16-2009, 06:37 PM

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Top with parsley and some pancetta and cheese as desired.

Methinks the girl will be living very well fed if there are many more night like this

10-16-2009, 06:32 PM	#1
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Once upon a time there lived a single girl, she had not lived alone for a long while. But now, her ex-roomie is gone off to a new adventure in Mexico and and now, it's just she and the cat in single blessedness. The cat got a small shrimp for a dinner treat. Tonight's bill of fare, Risotto with mushrooms and pancetta (Italian bacon to you) pancetta-1.jpg Saute pancetta until delicious fat is rendered and until it begins to crisp, remove from pan, leave the drippings in. mushrooms-1.jpg Slice and add mushrooms of your choice, saute on medium high heat, I like mine roasted, and flame with some marsala if you have it. Remove from pan and set aside. shallot-garlic-1.jpg Chop garlic and shallot, saute in some olive oil until it smells divine, and don't let the garlic burn. add-arborio-1.jpg Quickly add arborio and toss, stir, just mix it up. Let the rice saute and toast a little bit, keep tossing the pan for a few minutes. add-wine-1.jpg Add some wine (hard to do, photographing with one hand and pouring with another). To be continued since I can only upload 5 pics at a time.
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10-16-2009, 06:36 PM	#2
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Continued: bubble-bubble-1.jpg Bubbling with stock and season with salt and I also add some porcini dust (from the bottom of the bag of dried porcini for an extra kick of mushroom flavor) more-stock-now-1.jpg Time to add more stock! finish-cream-1.jpg Swirl in some decadent cream add-mushies-1.jpg add back the mushrooms add-cheese-1.jpg Add cheese To be continued
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10-16-2009, 06:37 PM	#3
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	enjoy-2.jpg Top with parsley and some pancetta and cheese as desired. Methinks the girl will be living very well fed if there are many more night like this
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