Shrimp Risotto - Dinner With Jane

Remember the Chicken Stock we made (by default!!) when just poaching some chicken joints for other purposes…
Well, I didn’t use it all in the white sauce for the Chicken Pot Pie…

WHAT TO DO WITH THE REMAINDER ???

Grab the Shrimp Risotto Recipe if you want or just follow along…this is really good…

Two lovely friends of mine, Randy and Will, who live in Hawaii sent me a VERY thoughtful Christmas present…
A care package 😊👍 full of Hawaiian Goodies… Chocolate-covered Macadamia nuts… that I wolfed down ALL TO MYSELF IN BED on a GOOD DAY 😱😱😱)

Oh, look there was ONE LEFT 😃
See, I DO have self-DISCIPLINE 😊
Anyway another wonderful gift they sent me was some Calrose Rice…

YUMMY!!

SO, I decided a Shrimp Risotto was the way to go this evening 😋

1 lb of Fresh–NEVER, NEVER frozen–Mayport Shrimp… local to these parts 👍

Peel and devein… it’s a grotty job but someone’s gotta do it 😁

Save the shells for… YOU guessed it…

STOCK!!

Basic ingredients:

THE RICE !

Celery… Onion… Vermouth…

Butter… Olive oil… SAFFRON

Peel and small dice your Onion and Celery…

Melt 3 table spoons of unsalted European Butter in a HEAVY bottomed largish sautée pan…

The bigger the surface area the quicker the Rice will absorb the liquid and cook…

Once the Butter is melted, add 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil… it adds flavor and keeps the Butter from burning!!

Then once heated add your Onion and Celery… cook until translucent!!

Then add 2 cups of Rice…

Stir well to coat the Rice in the Oil and Butter… THIS is SO IMPORTANT!!

Then add about a 1/2 cup of Vermouth…

Let that bubble away…

Meanwhile, your Stock has heated up and is now on a low simmer!!

Start to add the Stock and a packet of Saffron…

Add a ladle full of Stock every time you start to see the bottom of the pan look quite dry…

Once I start to add the Stock, I set my timer for 22 minutes and know that in those 22 minutes I’m going to use about 7 cups of Stock on a moderate heat…

GIVE OR TAKE!!

You have to stir ALL THE TIME there’s NO ABANDONING this procedure to answer the door… or have an argument with your son about how much “SCREEN” time he’s devoting his life to 😩

Stir…stir… STIR!!! 22 minutes of your life for a wonderful dish!!

It’s therapeutic actually… I FIND