Thursday, December 18, 2008

Chocolate Risotto

Ingredients
50g Hazelnuts (or any you like)
50g Raisins or Sultanas
600ml/1 Pint Milk
25g Sugar
50g Butter
125g Pudding Rice (yes pudding, long grain wont do for this)
Brandy (optional but bloody good!)
125g CHOCOLATE (i find cooking chocolate awful, there are several brands i love which are great for this and i cant get them over here in france so i'm having to wade through block after block of chocolate to find one i really like, IT'S A HARD LIFE)

Equipment
1 Small Frying Pan
1 Small Sauce Pan
1 Large Pan
1 Grater
1 Ladle
1 Wooden Spoon

The Good Bit
  1. Toast your nuts in the small frying pan (insert joke) with no oil then leave them to cool before chopping to bits, grate your chocolate.
  2. Heat the milk and sugar in the small pan until just at simmering point.
  3. Melt the butter in the large pan and add the rice and stir well coating all the rice, add a ladle of milk and wait for it to be absorbed by the rice then add another, keep this up until all the milk has gone.
  4. Now whack in your nuts, raisins and stir well then finally add the grated chocolate but only give a little stir as this will then give a lovely marbled effect, Serve. (in case you were wondering add the brandy at the same stage as the nuts and raisins if you are using it)
Serves 4