Seafood risotto of Nonna Antoinette

Seafood risotto of Nonna Antoinette

ingredients:
2 cups Arborio rice (risotto rice itself)
1 cup (tea) of grated onion
2 spoons (soup) of butter not margarine 1 cup serving of 200 ml dry white wine of good quality
5 cups (tea) vegetable broth
Other Ingredients:
½ cup (tea) of frozen peas
1 cup (tea) of chopped parsley
½ cup chopped chives
1 medium carrot, cut into very small cubes (optional)
1 cup (tea) of mushrooms, rolled or cut asparagus or artichokes background.
Seafood:
350 grs. Fresh cells cut into rings
350 grs. medium fresh prawns
350 grs. shellfish (mussels)
350 grs. Have a boiled octopus (optional)

If you want you can make risotto with only one of the above ingredients. Is very good.

sauce

1 cup (tea) of grated onion
½ liter of homemade tomato sauce or
1 can of sauce ready dilute with
3 part water, ie for each can of sauce are 3 cans of water, then take the fire until reduced, less than half.

Homemade Vegetable Broth:

Can make the vegetable broth at home, cooking various vegetables covered with water, without any fat.
Onion, carrot, pumpkin, celery, leek, bay leaf, cauliflower, broccoli, tomato pod, pea pie, and other you prefer.
If you prefer, you can use vegetable broth in tablets
How to Prepare:
In a large saucepan place the butter and onion, leave the fire until wilted.
Then add the Arborio rice, stir for 5 'to 8' minutes, stirring with a long handled spoon.

Add the white wine and stir until it is absorbed.
Go slowly putting the vegetable broth, a ladle at a time, stirring constantly, until finished.

Frozen peas:
Dump the frozen peas in boiling water, boil up once, drain, pour enough cold water to stop cooking.
If you need to add cold water with ice cubes.

When the risotto is at the point ("al dente") add the peas and carrots already reduced sauce with the seafood already cooked and hot.

Note:
Beware the shrimp cooking for max 3 'minutes.
Squid also cook faster.
The clams are cooked when they open.
If you overcook the prawns and squid and octopus are gnats.
Put a dish of risotto dishes, stainless steel, or silver.
Around the radichio (is chicory) and finely sliced ​​tomato on top. Can exchange for chicory lettuce.
For A Special Day:
Put the dish and silverware, crystal glasses, and china plates.
A towel embroidered linen or towel to own party.
And finally a good wine to accompany the risotto.

You can also put a dish of cooked vegetables, ie, "if they are not part of the risotto."
Fund or artichoke hearts of palm, bunches of broccoli, cooked carrots, potatoes, cauliflower bouquets and others.
All vegetables cut into small portions.
The amount is a dish of vegetables per person or you choose, how much to serve.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Do not forget to put on the table, a gorgeous crystal vase with colorful natural flowers (NOT WHITE) that is lifeless.
Good Luck and Success.