Italian Rice Bomb
From docjoe 15 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 pound deli cooked ham, sliced thinly shopping list
- 1 oz. dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in enough warm water to cover them shopping list
- 1 carrot, scraped clean and roughly chopped shopping list
- 1 small onion, peeled and roughly chopped shopping list
- 1 stalk celery, roughly chopped shopping list
- 1 cup frozen peas shopping list
- 1 pound ground beef shopping list
- 1 Tbl. tomato paste shopping list
- 1 pound canned peeled plum tomatoes shopping list
- 1 Tbl. extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 Tbl. butter shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 2 Tbl. parsley shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- fresh ground pepper to taste shopping list
- 6 cups chicken or beef broth (the best you can find, not something packed with salt) shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups arborio rice shopping list
- 1/2 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese shopping list
- 1 Tbl. butter shopping list
- 1/4 cup heavy cream shopping list
How to make it
- Lightly (but completely) butter a 9" ring mold (9" x 2 1/4").
- Line the mold with the ham, overlapping the slices slightly so that the mold is completelt covered, and there is a 2" overhang around the rim.
- Cover and refrigerate.
- Take the soaking porcinis and drain them (straining and reserving the water), sqeeze out any excess water.
- Dice the porcini and set aside.
- Place the onion, carrot, and celery on a large chopping board and mince them (if careful not to puree them, this step can be done in a food processor).
- Heat oil and 1 Tbl. butter in a sauce pan, add the minced vegetables and saute over low heat until soft, stirring as it cooks.
- Add the garlic, stir it in and cook until it softens (no color).
- Add the beef and cook stirring frequently until it just changes color.
- In a mixing bowl combine the tomato paste, plum tomatoes and 1/2 cup of the reserved porcini liquid, stir slightly breaking the whole tomatoes.
- Add the tomatoes to the beef mixture.
- Stir in the parsley and seaon with salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover the pan and simmer the ragu for 1 1/2 hours.
- About 10 minute before the ragu is cooked, add in the porcini mushrooms and peas. This should be a very thick sauce with no loose liquid.
- Keep warm while you cook the rice.
- Bring the broth to a boil in a pot.
- Stir in the rice, cover and cook, stirring ocasionally until all liquid is absorbed.
- Stir in the cheese, butter, and heavy cream.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove the mold from the refrigerator and pack the rice evenly in the mold.
- Fold the overhanging ham over the rice.
- Place the mold into a baking pan large and pour water into the pan allowing it to come up about half way up the mold sides.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until the rice is hot.
- Remove the mold from the water bath and carefully run a knife around the inside of the mold to loosen.
- Place a serving dish, larger than the mold over the top of the mold and invert the dish and mold together (hopefully it will unmold easily).
- Remove the mold and fill ithe center with the ragu, reserving some to serve on the side.
- Garnish the ragu in the center with some chopped parsley.
- Serve hot with the extra ragu in a sauce boat, by cutting wedges at the table and spoon some ragu over it.
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Yup labor intensive but perfect! I don't mind doing it for myself! I had this one time from an italian resto many years ago and I can't recall how it was made. Thanks for this recipe Joe! I'll definitely use it.
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