Blood Orange Risotto Recipe

Blood Orange Risotto

From biceps15 15 years ago

An exotic risotto that could be a main dish or a lovely side dish with a pink trout or salmon or to give contrast to white fish.

Finely grate zest of the blood orange, and set aside.
Gently separate the sections of the orange begin careful to let any juice drip into a bowl. Place the sections in the bowl with the juice and set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the chopped onion, shallot, and blood orange zest.
Cook until the onion is just translucent.
Lower the heat to medium-low. Add the rice, stirring through the onion mixture, and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the wine stir through the rice. Allow the wine to come to a low simmer, do not allow to boil.
Continue to cook until the wine is evaporated.
Begin adding the chicken stock 1/2 cup at a time, letting each addition simmer and become almost dry before adding the next addition of stock.
After half the stock is added, begin tasting rice. The rice should be al dente when done, it should not be as soft as normal white rice.
After all stock has been absorbed add the orange sections and juice.
Remove from heat and stir in butter, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper.
Note: Blood oranges are a marvellous addition to cooking. They have a reddish colour that varies from orange to orange and the type of blood orange. The colour comes from a pigment called anthocyanin. The flavour of blood oranges is sweet with a hint of tartness similar to raspberries.

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choclytcandy ate it and said...
Added your recipe to a couple of groups. hope you don't mind.
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" It was excellent "
bluewaterandsand ate it and said...
I am not a big fan of rice but with this recipe, I won't taste the rice so much.
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Added your recipe to a couple of groups. hope you don't mind.

choclytcandy in Dallas loved it
I am not a big fan of rice but with this recipe, I won't taste the rice so much.

bluewaterandsand in GAFFNEY loved it