Asparagus Risotto

Asparagus: full of folic acid (Vitamin B9)

Asparagus Risotto

Ingredients

Serves 2

1 small garlic clove (finely chopped)

¼ celery stick (finely chopped)

½ medium onion (finely chopped)

½ small carrot (finely chopped)

12 asparagus spears (chopped into 1cm pieces)

Salt and pepper to taste

750ml-1lt vegetable or chicken stock (or well-seasoned water)

180gm Arborio or Carnaroli rice

A handful of parmesan cheese

1 tbsp. olive oil

 

Method

Heat up the stock and keep it hot. Heat up the oil in a non-stick pan (preferably) and fry gently the onion, garlic, carrot and celery for a couple of minutes. Add the asparagus, season with salt and pepper. Add the rice and stir it around for a minute. Pour in half of the stock and stir. Now the best and classic way to make a risotto is actually to keep stirring it while you pour the stock a little at a time, letting the rice absorb the liquid before you add a little more and so on until it’s cooked. But like many of you out there, I have a three year old boy to “entertain” while making the risotto! So you can increase the amount of liquid you put into the pan and stir occasionally leaving it alone for a few minutes at a time. I usually pour the stock twice and let it cook gently going back to it every 3/4 minutes. Depending on the rice though you might have to use a little more than a 1lt of stock, so if you use all your stock but your rice is still not cooked, add a little water until.

When the rice is done, check the seasoning, fold in the parmesan and serve while still very hot.

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