Le maghe delle spezie

This risotto scottish mussels and pancetta had been an experiment for a secret project…..
It was very tasty and well balance, the mussels’ sweetness matched perfectly the pancetta’s savoury!!!!

Ingredients for 4 people
350 gr carnaroli rice
350 gr mussels
2 white wine o rosè glasses
1 leek
oli of olive
butter
750 ml fish or vegetable stock
garlic
150 gr pancetta
parcel

Put the mussels in a pan with 2 spoons of oil of olive a piece of garlic and a glass of wine, cover with a cap and leave on a bubbly fire until the mussels are well open.
Chop the leek and put it in a pan with oil and butter, let’s do starting a saute, stir fry gently for 3 minuts.
Add the rice and stir fry 1 minute and half, until is well brown and add a glass of wine, stir for 30 sec then add the pancetta and stir for 1 minute . Start to add the stock for going on with the cooking until the rice is cooked. Just two minutes before finished add the mussels and their water.
If you want you can decorate with a parmigiano biscuit and chopped parcel

Un bacio

Questo risotto lo dedico alla mia amica Antonella, una delle donne più belle e speciali di Taranto…….

Ingredients for 4
350gr risotto rice arborio
1 leek
1 pomegranate
1 tablespoon of butter
1 tablespoon of oil of olive
vegetable stock
1/2 glass of white wine
100 gr grated parmigiano
4 slices lardo di colonnata
salt

Chop the white part of leek finely and gently fry with oil and butter. Add rice and roast for 30 seconds. Add white wine, stir well until absorbed then keep puring vegetable stock, after 5 minuts add half of pomegranate grains and lardo di collonnata cutted in pieces , then continuing keep stock until the rice is cooked throughout . When the rice is cooked add the juice the other half of pomegranate , remove from the heat and finish off by adding a knob of butter , grated parmigiano stirring until creamy. In a non sticky pan cook grated parmigiano for doing a biscuit until it gets crispy and brown. Decorate the rice with strips of parmigiano and serve immediately.
Da oggi ricette solo in inglese così ci esercitiamo tutti!!!
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