Posted on
Saturday, 20 August 2011
17:36
| By:
Tony
Category: Starters , Vegetarian
I love beetroot and this is a fantastic way to show off its vibrant colour. This is a very simple recipe to make and is great for a starter or a vegetarian main course. The saltiness of the goat’s cheese work incredibly well with the deep earthy flavours of the beetroot and the addition of the cooking stock adds a wonderful, but subtle sweet and sour notes to the dish.Well worth a try!!!!!!
Ingredients;
For cooking the beetroot;
3 large beetroot washed well
1.5ltr vegetable stock
100ml red wine
75mlred port
75ml sherry vinegar
60g sugar
Seasoning
6 sheets of gelatine soaked in cold water
For the risotto;
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
250g Aborio rice
250g Aborio rice
150g St Tola Irish goat’s cheese
A handful of fresh thyme, oregano, parsley and chives
Sea salt and fresh black pepper
Method;
For cooking the beetroot;
Place the beetroot, water, red wine, port, sherry vinegar and sugar into a medium size pan.
Bring to the boil and reduce the heat to a simmer, simmer the beetroot for 2 hours or until tender when pierced with a knife. Remove from the heat and allow the beetroot to cool in the stock. When cool enough to handle peel the beetroot and strain the cooking liquid through a very fine sieve, season to taste. Reserve 800ml of cooking liquid.
For the risotto;
Gently heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and garlic and sweat until transparent. Add the diced beetroot and cook until the beetroot starts to brown (5-10mins over low heat).
Add the Aborio rice and stir until all the grains are coated with oil.
In a seperate pan heat the stock. Add the stock to the rice pan a ladle at a time, gently stirring after each addition until it is absorbed. Continue until the risotto is cooked but retains a slight bite. Just before serving, add the goat’s cheese and herbs and season to taste with salt, pepper
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