I had dinner the other night at Tomislav restaurant in Sydney and had the most amazing basmati risotto. I adapted the recipe for the thermomix. Here is the post and the recipe.
http://trissalicious.com/2010/10/04/dare-me-tomislavs-basmati-risotto-with-prawns/Tomislav’s Basmati Risotto with Prawns
250 grams good quality Basmati Rice
1000 to 1500 ml good quality hot chicken stock (homemade is best)
125 grams unsalted butter
10 ml soy sauce
40 grams acidulated butter (see below)
2 tablespoons mascarpone
Lemon Juice
Chopped Nori roll (1 sheet)
1 tablespoon chopped chives
200 grams prawns, chopped
Using the Thermomix
FYI: I halved the recipe on the Thermomix so just half all the ingredients above. This serves around 3 to 4 people.
Heat the butter at 100c on speed 3 for 2 minutes.
Add the rice and heat for 5 minutes using the butterfly attachment on reverse and speed soft.
Add the stock (I added 500 ml for 125 grams rice but feel free to add more stock if necessary towards the end of the cooking time) and continue to cook (butterfly attachment, reverse, speed soft) for 15 minutes.
Add the soy, acidulated butter, mascarpone, lemon juice, nori and chives and give it another stir for 5 or so seconds on reverse, speed soft.
Top with grilled prawns and lemon zest and serve immediately.
Acidulated Butter
100 grams unsalted butter
50 grams basmati rice
In a pan, melt the butter and add the rice and cook until nutty brown flavour is released. Pass this through a sieve. Set aside.
90 ml white wine
90 ml white wine vinegar
1/2 finely chopped onion
100 grams butter
Combine the onion, white wine and white wine vinegar and heat in a pan and reduce until the pan is almost dry. Take this off the heat and whisk in the butter until the butter is emulsified. Pass through a sieve.
Mix both butters and leave to set in the fridge for around 8 hours. You will have enough for several batches and this lasts a few days in the fridge.
