{"id":16856,"date":"2020-10-01T19:31:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/?p=16856"},"modified":"2020-11-27T21:19:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T21:19:53","slug":"dinner-with-akshay-spring-risotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/dinner-with-akshay-spring-risotto\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner with Akshay: Spring Risotto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Email-Images-4-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>Spring Risotto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you always wanted to know how to make the perfect risotto? Same with us. Well Executive Chef Akshay Shastry is here to teach us just that! This week on Dinner With Akshay, we\u2019re learning how to make a creamy, fresh and flavourful Spring Risotto, using seasonal ingredients to ensure a restaurant-quality dish. Scroll down for the full recipe and if you have any questions or feedback, visit the Facebook or Instagram posts (@onekingwest) to leave a comment! #StayHomeWithOneKingWest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serves 2 | Prep Time: 20 minutes | Total Time: 35 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>WHAT YOU\u2019LL NEED<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>10ml olive oil<br>2 stalks of ramps, roughly chopped (if ramps aren\u2019t available to you, use Spring onions)<br>1 shallot bulb, finely diced<br>1 stalk of thyme<br>100 grams arborio rice<br>50ml white wine<br>200ml vegetable stock or chicken stock, divided<br>35 grams butter, cubed and divided<br>1 garlic clove, thinly sliced<br>\u00bd cup fiddleheads, clean in cold water to get rid of brown husk very well. Boil for 5 \u2013 10 minutes and shock in ice cold water. Disperse the water carefully without any cross contamination<br>5 snap peas, blanched and shocked and cut on angle thinly<br>2 stalks of asparagus, peel and cut on angle<br>Salt for seasoning<br>1 tsp. grainy mustard<br>50 grams Parmesan, grated<br>Zest of one fresh lemon<br>15ml fresh chillies in oil<br>1 tbsp. Mascarpone cheese<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>HOW TO PREPARE:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>1. In a heavy bottom pan, add olive oil and heat gently. Saut\u00e9 ramps, shallots and thyme to sweat with a pinch of salt. Add arborio rice and saut\u00e9 on low heat for 1 minute. Add white wine and reduce, then gradually add vegetable\/chicken stock one ladle at a time and cook until 60% cooked. Set aside.<\/li><li>2. In another pan heat butter and saut\u00e9 garlic, fiddleheads, ramp leaves, snap peas and asparagus. Season with salt and set aside.<\/li><li>3. Take the pan with the 60% cooked arborio rice add 1 ladle of stock and gently heat. Cooked to the desired texture by adding more stock if necessary. Add the cubed butter, Parmesan, grainy mustard, and Mascarpone and fold the saut\u00e9ed vegetables in.<\/li><li>4. Season to your liking and serve in a flat plate\/bowl.<\/li><li>5. Garnish with grated cheese, Lemon Zest, and\/or small salad on the top.\u00a0<\/li><li>6. For maximum flavour, serve this dish with fresh Chilis in oil and Parmesan cheese on the side.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top Tip: You can use any Spring vegetables if the ones used in this recipe are unavailable to you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring Risotto Have you always wanted to know how to make the perfect risotto? Same with us. Well Executive Chef [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onekingwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}