Nitkos Veal Risotto Recipes

NITKO'S VEAL RISOTTO

Steps:

• Cut veal muscles into small pieces (as for paprikas).
• Mince onion very finely. (If you use fresh plum tomato first soak them 2-4 minutes in hot water, remove skin and "shave the best red part from it", remove seeds and cut into small pieces. If you use canned tomato, skip this part.).
• Sauté onion on olive oil until translucent, add meat and sauté 5-7 minutes. Add wine and sauté until alcohol evaporates (2 min.).
• Add finely minced garlic and tomato. Season with some of basil, marjoram and oregano (the rest add at the end). Season with salt and pepper. Stir well and cook about 20 minutes or until all liquid evaporates.
• Add rice and water as manufacturer suggests (Remember that you may have some water already in the pot, so count this water out). Cook until rice is done (20 min.).
• Before end you may add some of basil, oregano and marjoram if you did not put all at the beginning. Serve hot with grated parmesan.

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.

RISOTTO VENETIAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Shell peas, wash pods and add the pods to the broth. Cook for about 30 minutes. When the pods are soft, puree them in a blender or food processor with a little of the broth. Add this mixture to the remaining broth; you will have a rather thick greenish soup.
• Melt half of the butter in a saucepan. When it is hot, add the chopped prosciutto, rendering the fat from the meat. Add the rice and stir until it is well coated. Start adding the broth one ladle at a time. Add salt and pepper to taste, and cook over medium heat until the rice is half done, stirring frequently. Add the peas and a little more broth.
• When rice is firm but tender, add the Parmesan cheese. Before removing the pot from the heat, add the rest of the butter. Stir and serve immediately.

FUSION RISOTTO VEGAN

Steps:

• Heat margarine in a pot over medium heat; cook and stir basil and chives until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Heat vegetable stock in a separate saucepan over medium-low heat; keep warm.
• Cook and stir onion, tomato, potatoes, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, cumin, paprika, salt, and black pepper into chive mixture until onion is tender, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and chickpeas; cook until garlic is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir rice into chickpea mixture; cook and stir until rice is coated and lightly toasted, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir warm vegetable stock, 1 cup at a time, into rice mixture, waiting until the broth is absorbed before adding next cup. Continue stirring rice and adding vegetable stock until rice is fully cooked, about 20 minutes.

VEAL OSSO BUCO OVER SAFFRON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Instructions: Osso Buco.
• Pre-heat oven at 375 degrees.
• Flour the veal shanks and saute on both sides and set aside in a small deep baking pan. In the same saute pan cook the onions, garlic, celery and carrots. Add 1 glass of white wine and cook down for 2 minutes. Add the plum tomatoes, herbs and veal stock. Bring to a boil and pour over the veal shanks. The shanks must be submerged in the liquid. Add salt & pepper. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 60 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Instructions: Saffron Risotto.
• In a medium pot saute the onions in olive oil until golden. Add the rice and stir with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Add the bay leaf and white wine and allow the wine to evaporate. Add the saffron and the boiling veal stock covering 1 inch above the rice. Let the rice cook at moderate heat for about 18 minutes stirring continuously. You may add the rest of the veal stock as needed.
• At the end, add 1 ounce of extra virgin olive oil and parmigiano cheese. Stir with a wooden spoon until the rice is creamy. To serve, ladle 5 ounces of risotto in the middle of each plate. Hollow the middle of the rice (volcano) and place the Osso Buco inside and cover with the veal sauce. Sprinkle with parmigiano cheese and serve.

FENNEL RISOTTO

Steps:

• Cut the base off of the fennel bulbs, and cut a cone shape into the base to remove the core. Slice the fennel vertically (lengthwise) into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• Melt butter in a heavy-bottomed stock pot over medium heat. Cook onions and fennel in butter for 2 minutes. Stir in the rice; cook for another 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until lightly toasted. Stir in 1 cup vegetable broth; continue stirring until liquid is almost completely absorbed. Repeat this process with remaining broth, stirring constantly. Incorporating the broth should take 15 to 20 minutes in all.
• Stir in cream, 3 tablespoons Parmesan and parsley, and cook until rice is done and risotto is thick and creamy. Season to taste with black pepper. Divide risotto among 6 bowls, and sprinkle with remaining cheese.

RISOTTO

Steps:

• For enough risotto to serve four, heat about 2 tablespoons of butter in a sauce pan. Add 1 cup of a round-grain rice such as Arborio or Carnaroli and stir the rice over medium heat. Add the broth, one cup at a time, until the rice has absorbed 3 cups of liquid. You should stir the risotto frequently as it cooks to get a good creamy texture. (If you like, replace 1/2 cup of the broth with 1/2 cup dry white wine.) For a saffron risotto, add a few threads of crushed saffron with the first cup of broth.
• Once the rice is tender and creamy, pull it off the heat and add 2 tablespoon butter and 1/3 to 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese. Stir the risotto vigorously until the butter and cheese are blended in. Serve at once on heated plates.

RISOTTO WITH MUSHROOMS AND CHICKEN LIVERS

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken livers. Cut them in small pieces, about half-inch squares, removing any sinew or membrane. Dry them on paper towels.
• Heat two tablespoons of the oil in a heavy four-quart saucepan. Add the chicken livers and saute, stirring, until they are lightly browned.
• While the chicken livers are cooking, bring the stock to a simmer in another saucepan.
• When the livers are done, remove them from the pan and set them aside. Add the remaining oil to the pan, along with the onion and mushrooms. Saute over medium heat until the onion is tender. Stir in the rice and cook for a minute or so; then stir in the wine. Cook over medium heat until the wine has been absorbed. Stir in the thyme.
• Begin to add the stock half a cup at a time, stirring constantly. As the stock is absorbed, add more. After about 20 minutes the rice should be tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Fold in the chicken livers, and cook another minute or so, until they are heated through. Serve at once with Parmesan cheese on the side.