Brad's Butternut, English Pea and Prawn Risotto
Brad's Butternut, English Pea and Prawn Risotto

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The risotto should be creamy and slightly soupy. When you draw a wooden spoon through it, there should be a wake that holds for a few moments but not longer. Risotto with roasted butternut squash and peas, a perfect quick dish for a summer evening.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have brad's butternut, english pea and prawn risotto using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Brad's Butternut, English Pea and Prawn Risotto:
  1. Prepare 16-21 count prawns, remove all shell
  2. Take minced garlic, divided
  3. Make ready Sea salt, black pepper
  4. Take shallot, minced
  5. Get cubed butternut squash, about 1/2 inch
  6. Prepare butternut squash puree
  7. Take English peas, thawed. If fresh blanch
  8. Prepare bacon, chopped and cooked
  9. Get arborio rice
  10. Get white wine, I used pinot griggio
  11. Take warm chicken stock
  12. Get shredded parmesan cheese, plus a little for garnish
  13. Make ready butter

This was the first time I have made risotto and will definitely be doing it again. This was really tasty and filling and all the family enjoyed it. Learn how to make English Pea Risotto. This pea and prawn risotto is one of the most popular dishes at Elements Cafe in Lyall Bay. "I think people like prawns, to be honest," says Barrett.

Steps to make Brad's Butternut, English Pea and Prawn Risotto:
  1. Boil a pot of water. Add squash cubes. Blanch them for 2-3 minutes or until you just start to feel them soften a little. Drain and immediately immerse in ice water to stop the cooking process. After they cool, drain and set aside.
  2. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add 2 tbs olive oil. Add 1 clove garlic and shallots. Saute until shallots are sweated off, but not browned.
  3. Add rice to frying pan and cook for a couple minutes. Do not let it brown.
  4. Add the wine, stir very often until it absorbs into the rice most of the way. Star adding the broth, one cup at a time. Let it absorb most of the way between additions.
  5. When you add the 3rd cup of stock. Add the blanched squash, peas, bacon, and squash puree.
  6. Meanwhile heat another pan. Add oil. Saute remaining garlic for 30 seconds. Add prawns and season with salt and pepper. The prawns should only need about 2 minutes per side. When done, drain on paper towels.
  7. Taste the rice. It should be tender, yet not mushy. Just a little bite to it. You may or may not need all of the last cup of broth. Adjust seasoning. Add the butter and parmesan at the end. Mix well.
  8. Plate the risotto. Arrange prawns on top. Garnish with a little parmesan, and a squeeze of lemon juice if desired. Serve immediately, enjoy.

Open for lunch and dinner five nights a week, the cafe operates on a Sunday night during winter too, serving roast dinners. These risotto recipes are a great storecupboard standby and easy to smarten up for dinner parties. Risotto is such a quick and easy dish: the creamy rice is complemented here by the salmon and peas. Add pea purée, whole peas, pesto and parmesan. Add more liquid if a soupy texture is preferred.

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