This beautiful Prawn Risotto will make you feel like youre in a fine dining restaurant.
This is a risotto that easy to make, and you donotneed to stand at the stove stirring constantly.
Serve it with a simple garden salad drizzled withItalianorFrench Dressing.
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A creamy prawn risotto made easy!
I have a friend who is scared of making risotto because she thinks its really hard.
Risotto is not hard,truly its not.
I dont get why they talk it up so much on reality cooking shows!
The flavour base: seared prawns
Whats that you say?
You dont have homemade seafood stock in your freezer?
And Nagi saysno!to basic supermarket fish stock.
What to do??
We make afondby searing prawns first.
Fond is that brown stuff you get in the pan when you sear things.
It makes an amazing flavour base for sauces and broths.Especiallyseafood.
So this is why I sear the prawns first.
A basic prawn risotto recipe will say to just toss raw prawns into the risotto right at the end.
Liquid is added in 2 batches, and you only need to stir every now and then.
This is the modern way to cook risotto.
Read more inthis post or just trust me when I say this risotto is as beautifully creamy!
Rice for risotto
Risotto needs to be made with risotto rice.
It has a higher starch content which is what makes the creamy sauce without using cream.
Theres a few varieties but the most common at supermarkets is Arborio which is what I use.
If you use another throw in of rice other than risotto rice, the risotto will not be creamy.
I know Im really reinforcing how easy this Prawn Risotto, but easy doesnt mean bland or dull.
I proudly serve this up when Im cooking to impress.
It is not just another basic risotto, I promise you that, even though its simple to make.
The searing of the prawns really gives it that extra restauranty edge without making a homemade seafood broth.
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Oh and PS, I use frozen prawns.
Because this is an everyday recipe, and I like using a generous amount of prawns.
Obviously feel free to use fresh and I applaud you!
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Nagi x
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