Coconut Risotto Recipes

BRAISED VEAL CHEEKS WITH COCONUT RISOTTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Season the veal cheeks with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, and then add enough oil to lightly coat the skillet. Let the oil heat, and then add the veal to the pan, and sear it on all sides until browned.
• In a Dutch oven or oven-safe pot, cook the bacon slowly over low heat. Add the chopped onion, carrot, and ginger, and cook for 4 minutes. Add the wine, soy sauce, and pineapple skin, and bring to a boil. Add the veal stock, and return to a boil. Add the seared veal cheeks, and place pot in the oven to braise for 2 1/2 hours.
• Closer to serving time, make the risotto. In a medium saucepot, sweat the remaining diced onion in 2 to 3 tablespoons butter for 2 minutes over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low. Add the risotto rice, and stir with a wooden spoon to coat it in the butter. Slowly add the chicken broth in 2 equal additions, not adding the second addition until the first has been almost completely absorbed. Stir constantly during the entire process. After all of the chicken broth has been absorbed, add the coconut milk, and then add enough of the braising liquid until the risotto is cooked to your taste. Fold in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, papaya, tomato, and herbs. Serve immediately.
• Place the risotto in the center of a plate and place 2 veal cheeks on top. Garnish parsnip chips or fried shallots, if desired.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT RISOTTO

Steps:

• In small sauce pot, combine poineapple juice, coconut milk, and chicken broth. Bring to simmer, and keep warm.
• Melt butter in larger stock pot.
• Add onion and cook on medium heat until translucent.
• Add rice and stir until butter is absorbed (about 3 minutes).
• Stirring constantly, add about 1/2c of the liquid to the rice.
• Stir until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add another 1/2c addition of liquid, and stir until liquid is mostly absorbed.
• Continue adding liquid 1/2 cup at a time, until rice is tender.
• Not all arborio rice is the same. Liquid amounts may be more or less than the 3 cups. Risotto is done when the rice is soft and creamy, with a little bite in the center of each grain. This will take about 20 minutes to achieve.
• When rice is cooked, stir in parmesan cheese and pineapple.
• season with salt and pepper.

RISOTTO WITH COCONUT MILK AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Put oil in a 10-inch skillet, preferably nonstick, and turn heat to medium-high. Add rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until rice glistens and sizzles, 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add wine and let it boil away, stirring once or twice, until mixture is just about dry. Add a cup of hot water and repeat, stirring frequently. Add half the coconut milk and cook, stirring frequently, until it is just about gone. Add remaining coconut milk and repeat.
• At this point rice should be nearly tender; if it is not, repeat process with another 1/2 cup water. Stir in tomato if desired, shrimp, salt and cayenne and cook until mixture is creamy and rice is tender but not mushy. If rice is still too crunchy for your taste, stir in 1/2 cup water and cook, stirring, until mixture is creamy again. Garnish with cilantro, basil or scallions and serve.

RUM COCONUT RISOTTO

Steps:

• Saute risotto and melted butter.
• Add 1/2 cup rum to saute mixture over low heat and let rice absorb the rum.
• In a separate pan heat sugar, coconut milk, heavy cream, and water. Once sugar is dissolved add the rice mixture a little at a time, stirring often (about 20 minutes).
• Cook over low heat until rice is tender and creamy.
• Stir into mixture vanilla, other 1/2 cup rum, and coconut.
• Refrigerate until cold.
• Serve in little dishes topped with whipped cream and candied pecans.