Recipe - Risotto With Shrimp And Vegetables

One half cup Dried mushrooms (porcini)
2 cup Hot water
1 cn Chicken broth (14 oz)
1 cup Water
1 cup Dry white wine
2 md Tomatoes
1 md Bunch broccoli
4 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1 md Onion, chopped
1 Clove garlic, minced
2 cup Arborio rice, uncooked (OR
longgrain rice)
1 One half pound medium shrimp, peeled
and deveined
One half cup Fresh basil leaves, torn
(OPTIONAL)

Soak dried mushrooms in hot water until soft, at least One half hour. Remove
mushrooms with slotted spoon and strain liquid through cheesecloth into
medium saucepan. Add chicken broth, water,and wine; bring to a boil. Keep
hot over low heat, covered. Rinse mushrooms in water to remove all grit;
chop into 1/2inch pieces. Remove stem ends and seeds from tomatoes; chop
into 1/2inch cubes. Cut flowerets from broccoli. Peel tough skin from
stems with vegetable peeler; cut stems into 1/4inch slices. Heat oil in
5quart Dutch oven over mediumhigh heat. Add broccoli and saute until
tendercrisp. Transfer to bowl; cover, and keep warm. Add 2 tablespoons
butter to Dutch oven; saute onion and garlic for 1 minute. Add rice; cook
over medium heat, stirring, for 2 minutes. Laddle simmering broth, One half cup
at a time, into rice mixture, while stirring. Alloe rice to absorb broth
before adding more. After 10 minutes, add mushrooms, and continue to cook,
stirring, until rice is tender but firm, about 10 to 15 minutes longer.
Rice should be creamy. Remove rice from heat; cover and keep warm. Melt
remaining butter in medium skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp; cook,
stirring constantly, until shrimp are just pink, about 3 minutes. Remove
from heat. Stir tomatoes and broccoli into cooked rice. Add shrimp and pan
liquid to rice and vegetable mixture; mix well. Cook over mediumhigh heat
until heated through; remove from heat. Stir in basil, if desired. Serve
immediately in warmed shallow soup bowls or deep plates.

Makes 6 maindish or 10 firstcourse servings.

[McCall's COOKING SCHOOL No 12] Posted by Fred Peters.

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