WILD ATLANTIC WAY SEAWEED AND PRAWN RISOTTO!

My new Wild Atlantic Way cookbook inspired me to create this recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cup Risotto
6 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup half and half or cream
1/2 cup finely grated parmesan
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1 cup prawns or small shrimp, thawed if previously frozen
1 cup wild mushrooms, roughly chopped (I used oysters.)
1 Tbsp. Butter
1 cup dried seaweed (I used a seafood mix that I found in my local health food store.)
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
Chives for garnish

Preparation:
In a large saucepan heat chicken stock to a boil then reduce to simmer. In a separate medium size saucepan melt butter. Add risotto and stir to thoroughly coat the rice. Keep heat on lowest simmer. Add salt/pepper. Add mushrooms and stir to coat them with butter, as well. Add chicken stock to rice one ladle at a time stirring rice constantly until all liquid is absorbed before adding additional stock. About 3 ladles into this process add 1/2 cup white wine. Stir until wine is absorbed. Continue adding stock one ladle at a time for 15 minutes until rice just begins to soften.  You may not need all 6 cups of stock. Add prawns, peas and seaweed and continue stirring, adding stock as necessary for another 5-10 minutes until desired risotto consistency is reached. Finish by adding 1/4 cup grated parmesan and 1/4 cup half and half or cream. Continuing stirring for 2 more minutes. Serve garnished with chives. I also added a chive blossom for color.

This is the wine I used in the Risotto. Porcupine Ridge is a bright, citrusy Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa. The cook enjoyed a glass, too!

There is nothing tricky about making Risotto. Just remember to keep stirring and also to keep the chicken stock simmering the whole time.

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