Coconut Risotto Recipes

RISOTTO WITH COCONUT MILK AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Put oil in a 10-inch skillet, preferably nonstick, and turn heat to medium-high. Add rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until rice glistens and sizzles, 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add wine and let it boil away, stirring once or twice, until mixture is just about dry. Add a cup of hot water and repeat, stirring frequently. Add half the coconut milk and cook, stirring frequently, until it is just about gone. Add remaining coconut milk and repeat.
• At this point rice should be nearly tender; if it is not, repeat process with another 1/2 cup water. Stir in tomato if desired, shrimp, salt and cayenne and cook until mixture is creamy and rice is tender but not mushy. If rice is still too crunchy for your taste, stir in 1/2 cup water and cook, stirring, until mixture is creamy again. Garnish with cilantro, basil or scallions and serve.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT RISOTTO

Steps:

• In small sauce pot, combine poineapple juice, coconut milk, and chicken broth. Bring to simmer, and keep warm.
• Melt butter in larger stock pot.
• Add onion and cook on medium heat until translucent.
• Add rice and stir until butter is absorbed (about 3 minutes).
• Stirring constantly, add about 1/2c of the liquid to the rice.
• Stir until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add another 1/2c addition of liquid, and stir until liquid is mostly absorbed.
• Continue adding liquid 1/2 cup at a time, until rice is tender.
• Not all arborio rice is the same. Liquid amounts may be more or less than the 3 cups. Risotto is done when the rice is soft and creamy, with a little bite in the center of each grain. This will take about 20 minutes to achieve.
• When rice is cooked, stir in parmesan cheese and pineapple.
• season with salt and pepper.

SALMON EN GELéE WITH COCONUT RISOTTO

Steps:

• Remove skin and slice the salmon lengthwise. Salt and saute in 1 tablespoon oil in a nonstick skillet, 1 minute per side. Set aside.
• Combine the remaining oil, cardamom, peppercorns, herbes de Provence, thyme and lemon juice in a zip-lock bag, add salmon and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, stir gelatin into half a cup of cold water and set aside. Heat the Champagne and dissolve sugar and salt in it. Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin, liqueur, lemon juice and herbs. Stir in 1 3/4 cups water.
• Pour 1/2 inch of the gelee mixture into a deep glass loaf pan. Set the pan in an ice bath. When gelee is set, top with a piece of the salmon, then pour in enough gelee to cover it by another 1/2 inch. Let set, then repeat with second piece of salmon. Pour enough gelée (if it has solidified, warm it) to cover salmon by 1/2 inch. Refrigerate at least 4 hours, or up to 1 day.
• About 15 minutes before serving, warm milk and coconut milk. Saute shallots in oil until soft. Stir in the rice, then a ladle of the milk mixture. Stir until almost all the liquid is absorbed. Repeat until the rice is creamy and al dente. (You may have liquid left.) Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and fold in avocado and fruit.
• Unmold salmon by dipping the bottom of the loaf pan briefly in warm water and inverting it onto a platter. Slice the ''loaf'' with a serrated knife and place a slice on each serving plate. Serve with a mound of warm risotto.