Recipe Testing
Testing out some recipes for Stack and Boon at Hillwood berry farm. It was surprisingly good. Thanks to Catherine Miller for helping out. Recipe below.
Summer Strawberry Risotto
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ tablespoon unsalted butter
200g Arborio rice
5 shallots diced
200g fresh strawberries
½ cup of white (or strawberry) wine
2 ½ cups vegetable stock
Pinch of salt
Fresh ground black pepper
1 handful fresh basil- torn
3 tbs Parmesan
For Topping
100g fresh strawberries- chopped into small pieces
1 tbs strawberry vinegar
> In a small bowl, mix together strawberries for topping and strawberry vinegar. Leave for 30 minutes. Place the rest of the strawberries in a bowl for later use.
> Heat olive oil and butter in a pan.
> Add shallots, sauté until softened.
> Mix in rice and fry until it is translucent at the edges.
> Add wine ad let the alcohol boil away and all the liquid is absorbed.
> Pour in vegetable stock (1/2 cup at a time). Stir every now and then. Add more stock when liquid is completely absorbed.
> When rice is almost cooked (for me, that’s after the addition of about 2 cups of stock), stir in the 200g strawberries and the last 1/2 cup of vegetable stock.
> Mix in basil when rice is cooked. It will be a little runny, but it will thicken up as it cools down.
> Mix in 3 tbs parmesan cheese.
> Season with salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper.
> Garnish with fresh basil and serve with some strawberries and balsamic vinegar topping, more parmesan.