Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Risotto con mirtilli al profumo di caffe' - Blueberries and coffee Risotto


Ciao a tutti!
Sorry for not uploading new stuff lately but I've been a bit busy.
Today I tried an experiment. As usual I'm always searching for something new and weird. So I tried this combination of blueberries and coffee. It sounded a bit strange to me also, but when I tasted it the two flavours combined in my mouth very nicely! Believe me!
So here what you need.

Ingredients
3 persons

  • Meat Stock (boil meat with carrots, onions, celery) or you can make it from cubes.
  • 1 and half glass of rice (half for each person)
  • 1 onion
  • Butter: 50 grams
  • Olive oil
  • Grated Parmigiano Reggiano
  • Phyllo pasta: 2 sheets
  • Red wine: half glass
  • Blueberries: 150 grams
  • Moka coffee: half coffee cup
  • Flour: 2 spoons
Start boiling the stock.
Then smash the blueberries until they release some liquid and make them rest in the fridge.
Chop the onion and put it in a pan with 20 grams of butter and some olive oil.
When golden and soft put the rice and make it toast for 3/4 minutes. Then add the wine.
When it's evaporated start adding the stock.
While the rice cooks, let's make the coffee sauce! It's pretty much like making besciamella.
So in a small pan (keep the heat off by now) mix flour and milk until it becomes smooth.
Turn the heat on but very low, and add the butter and salt. Keep mixing the sauce. After 2 minutes, when the butter is completely melted, turn off the heat and add the coffee.

Let's prepare the "bed" for our risotto.
Take the phyllo sheets and make them nest-shaped.
Put some grated Parmigiano Reggiano on top.
Turn on the oven at 200 °C and bake the phyllo sheets for 10 mins.

Just few minutes before the rice is done, put the blueberries smashed in to our almost-done risotto.
Turn off the heat and put the remaining butter in it and cover with a lid.

Pour the risotto inside the phyllo pasta "dishes".
Take the coffee sauce with a spoon and pour it in the centre of the risotto.
Decore with blueberries and grated Parmigiano.

Enjoy!


2 comments:

  1. Thank you Davide!
    It actually surprised me as well! Give it a try!
    CIAO!

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