The evening's menu was pumpkin risotto with crispy sage.By any standards, risotto is a rather tedious dish to make. One has to dedicate the full 20 minutes to stir and cook instead of leaving the pot alone to simmer.
Once the pumpkin was roasted, I decided to make myself useful and helped to stir the stock into risotto.
As usual, one could use either vegetable or chicken stock for the risotto. We decided to go with chicken tonight. The man tried a store-bought organic chicken stock. The broth turned out light and tasty.
Once the risotto was done, the man added the finishing touches. He dried out the sage till crisp and fried the pine nuts.
Voilà! A splendiferous dinner.
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Truly a splendiferous dinner indeed! I can even taste it... *imagines wildly* I'm so envious.
hehe it must be even more delicious coz of the hardwork you put in. :)
what a fancy pan!
risotto... some find the stiring tedious, some find it relaxing; i belong to the latter :)
the pan's so pretty! didn't know Tefal has such girlie ones. i like! i know tefal has the jamie olivie range, which is just so-so.
and the risotto looks great! i still hvn't fnd pumpkin here. why ah?
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looks delish! I must try making this.
And nat can partake too!
ice: hehehhe. nothing to my credit! it's the ingredients and all definitely. tis yummy!
kikare: cute pan right? i love it too! hahah. i find it rather tiring. but since i want to eat, i must stir!
d: no pumpkins? how can??!
lms: just don't put the martini dry in! oh. and if it's for nat, don't use the Carnaroli like we do! that is specifically al dente and should only be cooked for 20min tops. it cannot go softer or longer.
For nat, use Arborio to cook. Arborio will turn softer when u can cook it for 30min. it's suitable for nat.
Awesome! I was going to say something about the very cute frying pan... but someone beat me to it lah...
lucky imp!
diva: heee. why did so many notice that frying pan i wonder?! is a pretty pan not often seen?
m: :D
risotto is one of the things i apprecciate eating in a restaurant cos i'm lazy to stir at home! haha. looks really yummy. i've never tried pumpkin risotto -- shall try cooking that another time!
beanbean: i'd love to eat it at restaurants too! just that i'm so picky. each time i'm there, the risotto taste different in a bad way. not different in a good sort of way. it's tough to find a good risotto. so if that's the one thing i'll learn how to cook, it's risotto. ;p
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