Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds
Risotto is one of the great Italian recipes. It's the special way in which rice is cooked and mixed with several other things, which produces this famous dish. One can make different flavour risottos, here is a fairly simple recipe with diced vegetables and flax seeds.
Last modified on: February 21th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:For 6 people, you will need:
- 1
3 carrots - 2
3 turnips - 3
1 shallot - 4
1 onion - 5
4 tablespoons olive oil - 6
450 g water - 7
1 chicken stock cube - 8 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 9
278 g rice - 10
100 g dry white wine - 11
1 Bouquet garni - 12
100 g liquid cream - 13
40 g linseed - Total weight: 2,139 grams
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 5 min. | 44 min. | 1 hour 49 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Peel, wash and cut into dice 3 carrots and 3 turnips.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan on moderate heat. When hot, add shallot, salt, pepper and cook for 1 or 2 minutes.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Add diced vegetables, mix well, cover and cook for 4 to 5 minutes until vegetables are tender.
Tip them into a bowl.
Mix hot 450 g water and 1 chicken stock cube to make a chicken stock.
Tip them into a bowl.
Mix hot 450 g water and 1 chicken stock cube to make a chicken stock.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into the same pan, when oil is hot add onion, salt, pepper and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Pour in 278 g rice and stir with a wooden spoon or spatula, until rice is translucent (French chefs talk of "pearled" rice).
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Pour in 100 g dry white wine, and stir continuously until all is absorbed by rice.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Add 1 Bouquet garni and 1/4 of chicken stock...
Stage 9 - 15 min.
...and stir continuously until it is all absorbed by rice.
Stage 10 - 30 min.
Do this 3 more again, until all chicken stock is used up, always stirring continuously.
It's a bit boring, but this is the secret of risotto, and that's the difference with other methods of cooking rice like riz pilaf for example.
It's a bit boring, but this is the secret of risotto, and that's the difference with other methods of cooking rice like riz pilaf for example.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
Then pour in 100 g liquid cream and mix well.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Discard bouquet-garni, add diced vegetables, mix well, turn down heat to low, and allow to heat through for a few minutes.
Stage 13 - 5 min.
Meanwhile, pour 40 g linseed into a frying pan without fat, and cook for a few minutes while shaking the pan from time to time.
Flax seeds are done when the first ones jump like pop corn. At this point cover (otherwise you will lost most of them) and take off the heat.
Flax seeds are done when the first ones jump like pop corn. At this point cover (otherwise you will lost most of them) and take off the heat.
Stage 14 - 3 min.
Finish by adding flax seed, mix well, it's ready.
Serve by putting the pan in the centre table so that all the guests can serve themselves.
Note: Risotto can keep a little while covered on low heat, stirring from time to time.
Serve by putting the pan in the centre table so that all the guests can serve themselves.
Note: Risotto can keep a little while covered on low heat, stirring from time to time.
Remarks
Golden rule for risotto is: chicken stock volume = 1.5 X rice volume.
Normally you should use a special Italian risotto rice, the most suitable for this recipe, but if you don't have any, don't worry: use what you have.
Don't hesitate to use vegetables other than carrots and turnips. Some home tested suggestions: courgettes, fresh broad beans, green peas, mushrooms, ...
Normally you should use a special Italian risotto rice, the most suitable for this recipe, but if you don't have any, don't worry: use what you have.
Don't hesitate to use vegetables other than carrots and turnips. Some home tested suggestions: courgettes, fresh broad beans, green peas, mushrooms, ...
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,251 Kcal or 9,424 Kj | 27 gr | 161 gr | 167 gr |
| 113 % | 10 % | 15 % | 25 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 105 Kcal or 440 Kj | 1 gr | 8 gr | 8 gr |
| 5 % | <1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 375 Kcal or 1,570 Kj | 4 gr | 27 gr | 28 gr |
| 19 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 4.28 €
- Per person : 0.71 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ali Baba bread, Sushi, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Tomato foccacia, Olive and pesto bread, ... All |
 | Rice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Turmeric risotto, Chicken with rice and leeks, Sesame rice, Pea risotto "Mantecare", How to cook rice in rice-cooker, ... All |
 | Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turban of sole with langoustines, Red mullet fillets with a reduced white-wine sauce, Cheese tart, Seafood sauerkraut, Turmeric risotto, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, Risotto-style celeriac, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Strawberry mousse with mascarpone, ... All |
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