Caramelized Onion Bacon And Parmesan Risotto Recipes

CARAMELIZED ONION, BACON, AND PARMESAN RISOTTO

Steps:

• Set a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat. Pour in chicken broth, and allow the broth to come to a simmer. Keep the broth warm until ready to use.
• Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil and bacon, and cook the chopped bacon until crispy, about ten minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon from the pan, and transfer it to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
• Turn the heat of the pan down to medium-low. Add shallots and a pinch of salt, and cook for 1-2 minutes until softened. If the shallots are cooking to quickly, remove the pan from the heat and allow it to cool before continuing to cook. The shallots should be soft and fragrant, but avoid burning them.
• Add garlic, cook for about a minute with the shallots. Add rice, and stir to coat in the oil, garlic, and shallots. Cook rice for about 2-3 minutes, until only a white dot remains in the middle of each grain.
• Pour in white wine, and allow the alcohol to cook out of the wine as it is absorbed into the rice, about 2-3 minutes.
• Once the wine has been absorbed, begin adding the warm chicken broth one ladle at a time. Wait until each ladle is nearly absorbed by the rice before adding the next. This process will take about 20-25 minutes total. The rice will start to transform and take on a very creamy texture as it cooks.
• Once the rice has just the slightest bite to it, stir in the caramelized onions and cooked bacon, and remove the risotto from the heat. Stir in parmesan and butter, then season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with chopped chives, and serve hot!

CARAMELIZED ONION RISOTTO WITH BACON AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• 1. Cook the diced bacon in a dutch oven over medium heat until brown and crispy, about 6 to 7 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels and set aside.
• 2. Add the onions to the bacon fat in the dutch oven and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook onions until well browned, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place cooked onions on a plate and set aside. Rinse and dry dutch oven.
• 3. Simmer the chicken broth in a saucepan and keep hot on the stove over low heat.
• 4. Heat the oil in the now empty dutch oven over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the rice, cook and stir for 2 minutes.
• 5. Add 1 cup of the hot chicken broth to the rice and continue stirring until the rice has absorbed the liquid. Continue adding broth 1 to 2 cups at a time while continuously stirring, until rice has absorbed the liquid and mixture is creamy, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• 6. Turn off the heat and stir in the onions, bacon, Parmesan cheese and thyme.
• 7. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve.

CARAMELIZED ONION RISOTTO WITH CORN AND BACON

Steps:

• Light a grill or preheat the oven to 350.
• Grill or roast the corn in the middle of the oven for about 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until the kernels are tender.
• Let cool slightly, then remove the husks and cut the kernels off the cob into a bowl; reserve the cobs.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a large nonreactive saucepan.
• Add the sliced onions and cook over high heat, stirring frequently, until caramelized, about 25 minutes.
• Add to the corn kernels.
• Add the bacon to the saucepan and cook over high heat, stirring, until browned and crisp, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat.
• In another large saucepan, bring the chicken stock and corn cobs just to a boil; keep warm.
• Meanwhile, heat the bacon fat.
• In a food processor, finely chop the onion, carrot and celery.
• Add to the bacon fat and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add the rice and stir until evenly coated with fat.
• Add the white wine and stir constantly until almost all the liquid has been absorbed, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the corn, sliced onions and bacon.
• Add 1 cup of the chicken stock to the rice and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until absorbed.
• Continue adding stock, about 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly until absorbed before adding more.
• Cook until the rice is just tender, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and the Parmesan and season with salt and pepper.
• If the risotto is too sticky, add a little more stock.
• Serve, garnished with chervil sprigs.
• NOTE:.
• To prepare corn for grilling, pull back the husks and remove the silk. Pull the husks back up over the corn and soak briefly.