Risotto recipie for baby ?

[Fiona (Leah & Kians Mom)]

So I manged to find risotto the other day and am dying to try ds with it as dd would never touch rice. Does anyone have a nice quick simple yummy recipie?

[Deb_in_oz]

do you have a rice cooker??


mine comes with a measure cup and all i do is put in 1 scoop of arborio rice per person (i have leftovers), add whatever veggies i want (i usually do pumpkin, zucchini, peas and 1 other), a couple pats of butter and then season with mixed italian herbs and salt and pepper, cover with stock and turn on to cook.  for us i usually put in sauteed onions, garlic and chicken with the rice and veg and stock.  takes no time at all - much easier than on the stovetop and very healthy too

[*Natasha*]

Deb i didn't know you could do risotto in the rice cooker. How much stock do you put in?

[Deb_in_oz]

enough to cover the rest of the ingredients!! don't overfill (my rice cooker has a line not to cross LOL) and then just stir all together and cook. i used to use a baked pumpkin risotto recipe from the syd mornng herald, but a friend of mine said to take it one step further and do it in the rice cooker and it has changed everything - no standing at the stove, no hot oven, now it is so easy and i just wing it. you can do any combo of veggies, i do vegetarian sometimes and othertimes chicken, but always yummy and we top it with fresh parmesan!

[monsi]

What a brilliant idea! I am going to try that. Do you put the chicken in raw or do you need to cook it first?

[Lissybits]

We do leek and spinach risotto which is one of DS's favs and it's very quick and easy!
Happy to give recipe if anyones's interested
Lis
x

[Deb_in_oz]

i saute the chicken with onions and garlic to the point where the chicken is about 90% cooked. it cooks the last bit in the rice coker with the rest of the ingredients.

lissybits - i would love that recipe. i love spinach and we just planted some spinach and leeks today (dh and the girls started a veggie patch together). dd1 selected leeks to plant so even though she insists she is just gardening and not actually going to eat any of the veg - i am hoping she will want to eat "her" leeks.

[Fiona (Leah & Kians Mom)]

Yes pls lissybits, would love the recipie. We dont have a rice cooker as we dont eat it at all, I did cook some for ds the other day in water and added it to his puree and he ate it. Will get a bit more adventerous soon so will be keeping a note of recipies.

[Lissybits]

Right, here it is  - LEEK AND SPINACH RISOTTO (serves about 4)

Chop a med onion and half a leek and soften slowly over a low heat in plenty of olive oil.
Meanwhile, wash spinach (a big collanders worth) well.
When onion and leek are soft add a tin of chopped tomatoes and then 2 tin (from the tomato tin) measures of water.
Add a pinch of oregano, nutmeg and cinnamon. Bring to boil and allow to simmer for about 15 mins.
Add spinach (push it down in pan and put lid on. Spinach will wilt, so don't worry if the amount of spinach looks a lot!) and allow to cook (slow boil) for about 5 mins.
Make sure there is enough liquid (just under half of saucepan) and add 1 and a half tea cups of rice.
Reduce to lowest heat and put saucepan lid on. Give it a stir from time to time. Rice should be cooked after about 15 mins.
Serve with a grating of fresh parmesan and crusty bread.

Goodness, it's difficult to judge amounts as I never weigh or measure anything!
Hope it turns out ok

Deb - it will be fab with your spinach and leeks from garden! We also have spinach in the garden although it's coming to the end now
Leek and potato soup is another of our favs!
Lis
 

[*Natasha*]

Deb THANK YOU so much for the risotto recipe in the rice cooker i always put off making it because it takes to long. I just made a mushroom and tomato one and it turned out great and hardly took any time at all.
Guess who is going to be making it alot more now 

[Deb_in_oz]

glad it went great for you - rice cooker risotto is one of my "go to" dishes because i always keep arborio rice in the pantry and then it is just a matter of adding any veg (and at the least i always have spinach and peas in the freezer) i want + stock + butter + chicken if we have it + parmesan on top! fool-proof i tell ya!

[*Natasha*]

it was beautiful too thanks again