Monday 12 November - Risotto

Last night we roasted a Guinea Fowl - something I'd not tried before. It was roasted with lemon and lots of thyme and black pepper - and the left overs were simmered all night in the slow cooker to make a rather rich looking stock.

This along with a purchase we made yesterday in Morrisons made the basis of tonights risotto.

Morrisons in Gosport has had a rather massive face lift, and now sells the most amazing fruit and vegetables I've seen outside Borough Market in this country. So we purchased at huge expense a small handful of Girolles and a couple of King Oyster Mushrooms. These were padded out with normal button mushrooms.

The base of the risotto was shredded leeks, and the button mushrooms, along with a couple of bits of finely chopped chicken, and some bacon lardons I found lurking in the bottom of the fridge.

 

I chopped the Oyster Mushrooms and Girolles and fried these seperately in a tsp of oil to add once the risotto was finished, along with some more chopped thyme.

 

This was the first time I've ever made risotto using meat, and it was absolutely delicious, and a massive hit with George who cleared a bowlful sprinkled with parmesan very quickly indeed!