Kedgeree Risotto Recipes

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• For the rice, heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a large, lidded pan, add 1 finely chopped large onion, then gently fry for 5 mins until softened but not coloured.
• Add 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground turmeric and 2 tsp curry powder, season with salt, then continue to fry until the mix starts to go brown and fragrant; about 3 mins.
• Add 300g rinsed easy-cook long grain rice and stir in well. Add 600ml water, stir, then bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer, then cover for 10 mins.
• Take off the heat and leave to stand, covered, for 10-15 mins more. The rice will be perfectly cooked if you do not lift the lid before the end of the cooking.
• Meanwhile, put 300g skin-on undyed smoked haddock fillet and 2 bay leaves in a frying pan, cover with 300ml milk, then poach for 10 mins until the flesh flakes. Remove from the milk, peel away the skin, then flake the flesh into thumb-sized pieces.
• Place 4 eggs in a pan, cover with water, bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer. Leave for 4½-5 mins, plunge into cold water, then peel and cut the eggs into quarters.
• Gently mix the fish, eggs, a handful each of chopped parsley and coriander, and rice together in the pan. Serve hot, sprinkled with a few extra herbs.

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Prepare rice according to package directions. Drain, and set aside to cool. Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop. Set aside.
• Place the haddock in a small skillet with the bay leaf. Pour in enough milk just to cover the fish. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook gently until fish flakes. Remove fish from the pan, flake with a fork, and set aside. Discard milk and bay leaf.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in curry powder, then add the peas and onions. Fry for a couple of minutes, then add the cooked rice, eggs, and fish. Stir gently, and season with salt and pepper. Heat through, and serve with yogurt.

KEDGEREE RISOTTO

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in large saucepan and add all spices. Release aroma for 1 min and add the chopped onion until soft but not brown.
• 2. Add rice and coat in oil and stir for a minute.
• 3. Add splash white wine vinegar.
• 4. Add 1/4 stock, stir, cover and leave over a low-medium heat. Check every 10-15mins and add another 1/4 of the stock when rice has absorbed the last lot.
• 5. When adding the last lot of stock add in the beans and the mushrooms to the risotto.
• 6. In a separate pan, make sure the haddock is covered by the milk, add the bay leaves and poach for about 10 mins on a medium heat. Drain the milk away and remove the bay and flake into big chunks, being careful to remove any stray bones!
• 7. When the risotto has reached the consistency you like add the haddock and the chopped herbs and stir in. Serve hot with the hardboiled egg in quarters on top.
• Using tablespoons of spices seems excessive but it results in a wonderfully aromatic dish!

KEDGEREE

Steps:

• Simmer the haddock in 4 cups salted water for 10 to 15 minutes, but don't over cook. Drain the fish, saving the cooking water. Remove the skin and bones, and flake the fish, keep hot.
• Fry the onion gently in the butter with the garam masala and turmeric until softened.
• Cook the rice in the haddock water until tender, then drain and allow to dry out a little. Add the spiced fried onion to the rice and fold in the flaked fish and the roughly chopped eggs. Pour in the cream and add the quartered eggs. Season with salt, pepper and parsley.

KEDGEREE (RICE COOKER ASSISTED)

Steps:

• Put rice, salt and 2cups of water into rice cooker and turn on.
• When steam starts to escape, put the fish in the steaming basket over the rice - it needs 8 or so minutes depending on thickness to cook. It should finish about the same time as the rice is ready.
• Meanwhile, fry the onion in the oil in a skillet that has a lid and add the curry paste. Add the frozen peas after a few minutes to defrost and heat through.
• Remove skin from fish and flake.
• Tip the cooked rice into the skillet with the onion mixture and stir together well.
• Gently fold in the flaked fish, top with the boiled eggs and put lid on to warm through the dish over a gentle heat for a couple of minutes.
• Garnish with some chopped parsley and serve.