Tonight's dinner: broiled tilapia with chili lime butter, roasted asparagus with feta, arborio rice

[amanda_pennsylvania]

I've never made the arborio rice before. It's from Trader Joe's and I'm using the recipe on the box. Seems to be something along the lines of risotto. I have some mushrooms that are collapsing, so I'm going to throw those in as well. The more vegetables, the better.

 

[cynupstateny]

I want to be your neighbor and best friend, Amanda smileys/smile.gif

 

[angak]

hey, you are "neighbors", kind of : )

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

Hee! Well, we are, at least, on the same coast!

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

The arborio rice was interesting.

You brown an onion in some butter, put in about 1 1/2 cups of rice and 1/2 cup white wine and the mushrooms, then add 4 cups of hot stock (beef, chicken, or vegetable), 1 cup at a time letting it absorb, slowly over 20 minutes. Then add some Parmesan cheese and 1/8 cup cream.

It was okay, but the recipe didn't call for salt and it really needed some. I don't usually salt my food, but I did this time. The texture was very nice--smooth and rich. I only had about 1/4 cup serving because I'm trying not to eat rice and potatoes and such, but it was pretty good.

TONS of asparagus left over. We'll be eating that for a week!

 

[evan]

Arborio rice is risotto rice. I use it all the time. If I can be your neighbor and

friend you can have all my arbori rice smileys/bigsmile.gif

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

Ah--I had no idea they were the same thing. Interesting.

I have a recipe for risotto that I think I would use instead of the recipe on the box. As I recall, the risotto recipe had a lot more flavor.

 

[marilynfl]

Arborio is also good for creamy rice puddings, if you can't get Valencia (short grain).