Roasted Pumpkin & Feta Risotto

[courton]

Hi, I made this risotto tonight and followed the recipe to the t... however, the Sunrise arboria rice was very much uncooked and the liquid was literally swimming on top. I had to cook it on the stove top for another 20 mins ... the end result, however, was delish. What went wrong I wonder? Also, there were burnt bits at the bottom of the TMX. Curious as to what I am not doing correctly?

[judydawn]

courton, it doesn't sound as if the speed was fast enough for your machine.  Soft speed on mine is far too slow so I never use under speed 1.  Some people use the butterfly when making risotto, maybe that would help move things around for you. I always check any meal I'm cooking to make sure it is moving, if is isn't, I up the speed until it does move (on reverse of course).
You can always stop the machine and give the contents a stir if all the liquid is floating on top - this may be enough to get things moving too.

[Lellyj]

In addition to Judy's infor, if you haven't cooked risotto in the tmx before you will be amazed at how much liquid is absorbed and how the rice keeps cooking in the tmx.  I went to a risotto cooking lesson years ago, pre-thermie and the chef cooked the rice by the absorbtion method, having it on low heat for a while, then turning it off with the lid on for a while--no stirring (can't remember times) and the rice certainly does soak up a fair bit of stock and soften up while resting.

[courton]

Thank you. I will try both your suggestions next time.

[cookie1]

Judy is so correct about the speed. I've heard of someone who cooked a risotto at slow speed and ended up burning out the bowl/blades etc. The mixture didn't move and it all became welded together.

[courton]

I made the recipe again tonight and it worked a treat...increased speed to 2 and put it on reverse...hope I can do this and it won't ruin the machine. Will not use aldi arborio rice though...very gluey! Ah well, first and last time I buy rice from aldi!!!

[Katya]

You'll be fine on speed 2 and reverse - I always do my risotto that way.    8

[courton]

Thank you for the reassurance!

[Tam]

I served this at a dinner party last night - it was a HUGE success
I used the butterfly attachment speed slow as I've had success with the EDC mushroom risotto and wanted it to work .
I added fresh rosemary to the pumpkin before baking and toasted pine nuts on top. I didn;t have any baby spinach but it certainly didn't lack any flavour.
Thanks for everyone's tips - I loved the bake feta.  I've never done this before and the aroma was AMAZING!!!!!
This dish is HIGHLY recommended.

[Tam]

Also wanted to mention that I added a good handful of parmesan to the risotto once added to the TM - I don't think the recipe calls for it as it has feta?  Oh well, double the calories but double the yum!!!!!

[Jamberie]

Wow! This was delicious... We had to show great restraint in saving the leftovers.
At the start I dry roasted some pine nuts as Maddy suggested and  added parmesan at the end.
Will be making this one again for sure,  thanks for a great recipe Faffa

[faffa_70]

Great photo Jam!! This is still a favourite in our house ... and generally my go to recipe as I always have the ingredients 

[cookie1]

I love this. Definitely one of my favourites.

[Cornish Cream]

Fabulous risotto Jamberie

[Kimmyh]

Great looking risotto Jam.