I like to call this
Italian recipe Red Risotto: it is a simple risotto prepared with fresh tomatoes cut in cubes and seasoned with some dry or fresh basil. When you want to cook something with rice easy but delicious this is the ideal
Italian recipe. The best result is obtain if you prepare this risotto using: a vegetables broth obtained boiling the vegetables in salted water,
sweet cherry tomatoes or
san marzano tomatoes typically used to prepare tomato sauce and the type of rice called Arborio that is ideal for excellent risotto.
INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
320 g of Rice Arborio
1 Onion
1 Carrot
1 Celery
1 Potato
150 g of Tomatoes in cubes
Some basil
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Some Parmesan
PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes
COOKING TIME: 20 minutes
WINE: Barbera Doc (Red Wine)
PREPARATIONStart with preparing the broth: place in a pan the water, the big pieces of half onion, the celery, the carrot, the potato, salt and let the water boils for about 10 minutes.
Now prepare the risotto: cut in slices the other half of onion, place them in a pan with the extra virgin olive oil and let them golden for 5 minutes
then add the tomato and cook for other 5 minutes.
Place in the pan the rice and let it roast for 3 – 4 minutes,
add the white wine and when it is evaporated begin to add one ladle of hot broth stirring until it is absorbed;
continue in this way, adding ladles of hot broth, for about 15 - 18 minutes. During the preparation of risotto continue to let boil the broth. When the rice result slightly firm to the teeth means that it is ready, serve hot sprinkled with some Parmesan.
This is the result:
BUON APPETITO!
Labels: risotto, tomatoes
In this post I describe how to prepare a simple and delicious Italian tomato sauce. The principal ingredient, that I use, is Italian tomatoes type San Marzano. They have a medium dimension, a stretched shape and a bright red colour. There are ideal for the preparation of sauce because they are tasty. These types of tomatoes are grown in Campania in particular in the province of Salerno and the period of picking is from august to september. They are ideal if you use them fresh to prepare a tomato sauce as dressing of a first course, as shown in this recipe; but with them you can also prepare conserve of tomato sauce. Indeed when I was a child my mother usually bought a big quantity of tomatoes San Marzano and at the end of summer period we prepared this delicious tomato sauce.
INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
1,5 Kg of Tomatoes sammarzano
4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 / 2 Onion cut in slices
Salt
Some leafs of basil
PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes
COOKING TIME: 30 minutes
WINE: Cilento Bianco DOC (White Wine)
PREPARATIONWash and peel the tomatoes San Marzano.
Cut them in small cubes.
In the mean time place the extra virgin olive oil in a pan and preheat it. Then add the onion and let it brown.
When the onion becomes golden remove it from the oil and add the tomatoes.
season with salt and add the basil.
Let the sauce cook for about 30 minutes.
If necessary add some water but usually the tomatoes release their own water that is sufficient to cook a good sauce. Control if the salt is enough, usually I use few salt because I like the sweet taste of tomatoes. When the sauce is ready you can use it as dressing for a first course like a good dish of pasta!
This is the result:
BUON APPETITO!
Labels: first course, sauce, tomatoes
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