Chicken And Pancetta Risotto With Tallegio Recipes

SPINACH RISOTTO WITH TALEGGIO

Steps:

• Cut the rind off the taleggio and discard. Dice the cheese into 1/2-inch pieces. Set aside at room temperature as you prepare the rice.
• Line a colander with a clean dish towel and place spinach inside. Heat about 8 cups of water until boiling, then pour over spinach; the spinach will wilt. Let spinach sit until cool enough to handle, then use the dish towel to squeeze out the water. Transfer spinach to a food processor and blend with 1 tablespoon butter until smooth. (You'll end up with about 1 cup of purée.) Reserve.
• Melt remaining 5 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, celery and garlic; cook until translucent, about 7 minutes. Stir in rice and 1 teaspoon salt, and cook until toasted and golden, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in wine and cook until it's absorbed, about 3 minutes. Stir in stock, about 1/2 cup at a time, stirring often but not necessarily continuously, until the stock is finished and the rice is cooked through but not mushy, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in spinach purée, then taste and add more salt, if needed. Add taleggio and stir to melt. Serve immediately.

RISOTTO CON ZAFFERANO E PANCETTA IN PENTOLA A PRESSIONE (SAFFRON AND PANCETTA RISOTTO)

Steps:

• Pour vegetable stock into a saucepan over low heat. Cover and keep warm.
• Combine hot water and saffron threads in a small bowl.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a stovetop pressure cooker. Cook and stir onion until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add Arborio rice; cook and stir until toasted and coated with oil, 2 to 3 minutes. Increase heat and pour in wine; simmer until alcohol has evaporated and rice has absorbed wine, about 2 minutes.
• Stir vegetable stock and saffron mixture into the pressure cooker. Seal according to manufacturer's instructions. Increase heat to high; cook until cooker whistles, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook for 4 minutes.
• Remove cooker from heat and release pressure according to manufacturer's instructions. Remove the lid. Stir in 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, pancetta, and butter. Let stand until rice absorbs remaining stock and Parmesan cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes.

MUSHROOM AND PANCETTA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Warm the chicken broth and rosemary in a saucepan over medium heat; set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat. Add the pancetta and cook until crisp, 4 to 5 minutes; remove to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the mushrooms to the pot and cook until slightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove to the plate; set aside.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pot; add the onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the rice and toast, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook, scraping up any browned bits, until the wine is absorbed, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add 3 cups warm broth and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring, until most of the liquid is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 3 more cups broth; return to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the rice is just tender, about 13 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat; stir in the pancetta, mushrooms, butter, cheese and chives. Stir in more hot broth if the risotto is too thick; season with salt and pepper. Top with more chives.

PANCETTA AND LEEK RISOTTO FOR TWO

Steps:

• Warm the chicken broth in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cover and keep warm while you make the risotto.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp, about 4 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the pancetta to a paper-towel lined plate.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the rendered fat from the saucepan, then add the garlic, leek, a pinch of salt and several grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the leek is tender and softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the rice, butter and bay leaf. Cook, stirring, until the rice is toasted, smells nutty and turns a light golden brown, about 4 minutes. Pour in the wine and simmer, stirring occasionally, until it is completely absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Ladle 1/2 cup of the warm stock into the rice and cook, stirring gently without stopping, until the rice has absorbed the liquid, 2 to 3 minutes (you will know it's time to add more stock when you move the rice aside and no liquid pools in the center). Repeat this process, adding more stock a ladleful at a time, until the rice is al dente, 15 to 17 minutes. Discard the bay leaf.
• Stir in the baby spinach, Parmesan, half of the reserved pancetta, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a couple grinds of pepper. Stir until the spinach is wilted and everything is evenly combined. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Spoon into 2 dinner bowls and top with the remaining pancetta and a sprinkle of Parmesan.

PASTA WITH CHICKEN, RISOTTO-STYLE

Steps:

• Put 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. When hot, add shallot, garlic, and mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms soften and begin to brown on edges, about 10 minutes. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until it is glossy and coated with oil, 2 to 3 minutes. Add a little salt and pepper, then wine. Stir and let liquid bubble away.
• Ladle stock into skillet 1/2 cup or so at a time, stirring after each addition, and every minute or so. When liquid is just about evaporated, add more. Mixture should be neither soupy nor dry. Keep heat at medium and stir frequently.
• Begin tasting pasta 10 minutes after you add it; you want it to be tender but with a tiny bit of crunch. When pasta is about 3 to 4 minutes away from being done, add chicken and stir to combine. Continue to cook until chicken is done, it will be white on inside when cut and pasta is how you like it.
• Taste, adjust seasoning, garnish with parsley and parmesan if using, and serve.

PEA AND PANCETTA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Gently fry the onions and garlic in a little olive oil until almost translucent. Add the pancetta and fry for a further 2 minutes or so until cooked.
• Add the rice to the pan, and fry until the grains are translucent at the edges, stirring the ingredients well all the time.
• Make up approx. 700ml of chicken stock with 1 stock cube. Add a ladle or two of stock to the pan and stir well. Lower the heat and let the stock be absorbed into the rice. Stir the risotto regularly, and gradually add the stock 1 ladle at a time allowing each to be absorbed until the rice is cooked. You may not need all the stock - I use about 650ml. If you need a little more, hot water can be added.
• While the rice is cooking, cook the peas, drain and set to one side.
• When the rice is soft and tastes right to you, stir the peas through the risotto.
• Serve warm with black pepper and a little drizzle of olive oil.