Risotto with Chicken Mushroom and Verjuice

Risotto is something I never really made before my Thermomix. I mean I could make it and I did make but I couldn’t be bothered making it ! It took so long and it had to be stirred and one false move and boom your Risotto was history !

The Thermomix makes light work of making Risotto thats for sure !

This fabulous Risotto uses Maggie Beers Verjuice which you can purchase in various stores around Australia OR on Maggies Website in her Online Store HERE and if you are a Food Club member (at the time of writing this blog entry) you will receive 20% off – but hurry stocks are running low..

Risotto with Chicken Mushroom and Verjuice

Ingredients

50g Pecorino ( If you don’t have this use Parmesan)
1/2 Onion (peeled)
1 Clove Garlic
300g Chicken
100g Mushrooms
1 Tbsp Fresh Thyme
350g Arborio Rice
40g Olive Oil
150g Verjuice
950g Water
40g Vegetable Stock Paste
40g Cream ( optional)

Method

Blitz the Pecorino ( or Parmesan) set aside and clean out the bowl
Put the Onion and Garlic and blitz speed 5 for 3 seconds
Add in the Oil and saute for 2 mins on speed 1 at 100 degrees.
Add in the Chicken and Mushrooms
Saute for 3 mins on speed soft REVERSE at 100 degrees.
Add in the rice and mix for 30 secs reverse speed 1
Then add in Verjuice, water, vege stock and Thyme.

Cook for 16 minutes Speed 1 to 2 REVERSE at 100 degrees. Start out at 2 and if it is spluttering too much drop it down.

Add in 40 g Cream ( optional ) and mix through speed 1 for around 30 seconds

Place into your Thermoserver and allow to finish the coking process for a minimum of 5 minutes

Enjoy !

PS This Sunday the 24th of ay 2015 on channel 10 the Gorgeous Maggie Beer will be back on Masterchef

” It’s one thing to look in the cupboard and find a bottle of Verjuice waiting to be added to your next dish when you have all the time in the world to cook, but imagine the very same scenario under the time restraints and pressure of MasterChef Australia – a tad more hair raising! For MasterChef fans, we could only be referring to one thing; the Mystery Box Challenge,and it’s not justVerjuice that will be helping the contestants do their best, as one of the programmes most popular guests, Maggie makes her return to MasterChef Australia to play her part in this challenge too.”
Maggie returns to MasterChef Australia’s 7th series, on Sunday 24th May at 7.30pm on Channel 10 nationally.