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Title: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: CateA on December 29, 2009, 06:55:58 am
Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto

Ingredients
Zest of 1 lemon
˝ onion
2 cloves garlic
60 gms butter
60 gms Vermouth, Pernod or Ricard
350gms Arborio Rice
1 Tbspn TM vege stock concentrate
900 gms water
250 gms green peas
350 gms raw king prawns
2 tbspns fennel fronds, roughly chopped

Method
Grate the lemon zest on Speed 6 for 10 seconds.  Set aside.
Chop onion and garlic for 4 seconds on Speed 6.  Add butter and sauté for 2 mins at 100c on speed 1.
Insert the butterfly, add the vermouth and rice and sauté for 3 mins at 100c on  :-: ^^.
Add stock concentrate, water and peas and cook for 12 mins at 100c on  :-: ^^.
Add prawns, fennel fronds and reserved lemon zest and cook for a further 5 mins on  :-: ^^.
Garnish with more fennel fronds and freshly milled black pepper.

Tips/Hints
If you aren't too fond of aniseed, you can use a dry white wine in place of the vermouth.

Members' comments
Marilyn - Thanks for this recipe CateA.  I made it tonight, with white wine.  It was very nice.  Needed quite a lot of salt and pepper at the end, I thought, but I admit that we are too addicted to salt.

JD - We are not the greatest lovers of risotto in this house but DH was very impressed and I absolutely loved it. Followed the recipe to a T except I did 1/2 the recipe - ample for 2 people and unlike CC, I only needed to add pepper and no salt. 
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: judydawn on December 29, 2009, 07:16:56 am
Are the prawns cooked or green Cate?
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: Thermomixer on December 29, 2009, 07:36:57 am
Sounds good CateA  - love prawns and Pernod combo.
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: CateA on December 29, 2009, 08:38:48 am
Are the prawns cooked or green Cate?

Sorry Judy!! I have amended the recipe - best to use raw king or similar prawns.  :)
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: cookie1 on December 29, 2009, 09:11:53 am
Thanks for that CateA. That's number one for the book.
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: Marilyn on September 02, 2010, 01:50:00 pm
Thanks for this recipe CateA.  I made it tonight, with white wine.  It was very nice.  Needed quite a lot of salt and pepper at the end, I thought, but I admit that we are too addicted to salt.
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: cookie1 on September 03, 2010, 07:58:56 am
I'm glad it went well for you.
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: judydawn on September 03, 2010, 08:01:52 am
I bought all the ingredients to make this today as one of the dishes for Fathers' Day.  Had to buy a huge fennel bulb to find one with enough fronds on it for the recipe as most of them had hardly any at all -  pity you just can't just buy the fronds as a herb.
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: Thermomixer on September 03, 2010, 08:39:42 am
It grows as a weed here - so you could just pinch some fronds and buy the bulb  ;)
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: Cornish Cream on September 03, 2010, 01:23:57 pm
It grows as a weed here - so you could just pinch some fronds and buy the bulb  ;)
It self seeded all over the garden one year.Hate weeding at the best of times, so soon ripped it out. ;)
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: judydawn on September 10, 2010, 10:29:11 am
Had this for tea tonight as didn't get around to making it for Fathers' Day - a pity because it would have gone down very well indeed.  We are not the greatest lovers of risotto in this house but DH was very impressed and I absolutely loved it. Followed the recipe to a T except I did 1/2 the recipe - ample for 2 people and unlike CC, I only needed to add pepper and no salt. 
Thanks CateA for this recipe and CC for her review which is what made me try it.
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: Cornish Cream on September 10, 2010, 02:14:11 pm
Sorry Judy I didn't review this, Marilyn did the hard work.I just ripped out the fennel which had self seeded all over my garden. :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Prawn, Pea and Fennel Risotto
Post by: judydawn on September 10, 2010, 02:56:56 pm
Oops, slip up by me, thanks CC and thank you Marilyn for your review as we really enjoyed this too.  I am wondering how it would taste with some fennel sauteed with the onion and garlic but loved it as it was. DH is always impressed when prawns are put before him.