Bacon and cayenne risotto

7 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 400 ml arborio rice
  • 2 liter vegetable broth
  • 1 finely chopped onion
  • 1 dash olive oil
  • 100 grams whiskey cheddar or other tasty cheese
  • 2 tsp cayenne pepper (dried and grounded)
  • 150 grams chopped bacon

Directions

  1. 1
    Fry the bacon until crisp in a regular pan.
  2. 2
    When done, put aside on a plate on top of a paper towel to strain out some of the fat
  3. 3
    Prepare your broth, don't boil it!
  4. 4
    Add some olive oil into a fairly large wok pan, fry the chopped up onion until soft.
  5. 5
    It shouldn't have gained any significant colour.
  6. 6
    Add your rice into the same pan, reduce the heat to about 4/10 and start stirring!
  7. 7
    While stirring, add scoops of the broth while stirring.
  8. 8
    Add a new scoop when the broth has thickened
  9. 9
    Repeat process until the rice is al dente
  10. 10
    Now add the cheese and bacon to the mix and season with cayenne pepper according to taste (it's quite spicy)
  11. 11
    Enjoy!

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