Best 8 Black Risotto Recipes

BLACK RICE RISOTTO

Steps:

• Bring the broth to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat; cover and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft, about 4 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Reduce the heat to medium low. Stir in the wine until the liquid is absorbed, about 3 minutes.
• Ladle in 3/4 cup hot broth and cook, stirring constantly, until the liquid is absorbed, 6 to 7 minutes. Repeat with the remaining broth, adding 3/4 cup at a time, until the rice is tender but somewhat chewy, about 50 minutes.
• Stir in 3/4 teaspoon salt, pepper to taste and 1/2 cup parmesan. Divide among bowls. Top with the remaining 1/4 cup parmesan and the basil.

BLACK AND ARBORIO RISOTTO WITH BEETS AND BEET GREENS

Steps:

• To cook the black rice, combine with 2 cups water in a saucepan, add salt to taste and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, until all of the liquid has been absorbed by the rice. Remove from the heat, remove the lid from the pan and place a dish towel over the pan, then return the lid. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Bring the stock to a simmer in a saucepan. Season well and turn the heat to low. Stack the stemmed, washed greens and cut crosswise into 1-inch-wide strips.
• Heat the oil over medium heat in a large nonstick frying pan or wide, heavy saucepan and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until the onion begins to soften, about 3 minutes, and add the rice and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the grains of rice are separate and beginning to crackle, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the wine and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. The wine should bubble, but not too quickly. You want some of the flavor to cook into the rice before it evaporates. When the wine has just about evaporated, stir in a ladleful or two of the simmering stock (about 1/2 cup), enough to just cover the rice. The stock should bubble slowly (adjust heat accordingly). Cook, stirring often, until it is just about absorbed. Add another ladleful or two of the stock and continue to cook in this fashion, not too fast and not too slowly, stirring often and adding more stock when the rice is almost dry, for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the greens, the diced beets and black rice and continue adding more stock, enough to barely cover the rice, and stirring often, for another 10 to 15 minutes. The arborio rice should be chewy but not hard in the middle - and definitely not soft like steamed rice. If it is still hard in the middle, you need to continue adding stock and stirring for another 5 minutes or so. Now is the time to ascertain if there is enough salt. Add if necessary.
• When the rice is cooked through, add a generous amount of freshly ground pepper, and stir in another ladleful of stock, the Parmesan and the parsley. Remove from the heat. The risotto should be creamy; if it isn't, add a little more stock. Stir once, taste and adjust seasonings, and serve.

BLACK-EYED PEA RISOTTO WITH BACON AND SOUTHERN GREENS

Steps:

• Place peas in a pot and put enough cold water to cover beans. Soak for one hour. Then bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer until fully cooked, about one hour.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter, add onions, celery and peppers, when translucent and just starting to caramelize, add in garlic and saute briefly, add in rice and saute, stirring frequently to coat kernels with the oil for 2 minutes. Slowly start adding in the hot chicken stock 1 cup at a time, stirring constantly on medium-low heat. Continue this method until chicken stock remaining is about 1 cup and check for the consistency of the rice. It should be creamy with a tiny bit of resistance to the grain. Turn off heat, drain peas well, and slowly fold into risotto, adding the 2 tablespoons of remaining butter, Parmesan and salt and pepper, to taste. If risotto is too thick, gently stir in the remaining chicken stock to desired consistency.
• Heat reserved bacon fat in a saute pan, stir in greens, allowing them to wilt, when almost wilted, add in 4 tablespoons vinegar, when wilted, add in bacon, zest and salt and pepper to taste.
• Place risotto on serving plate(s) and top with the Southern Greens, dress with reserved tablespoon of vinegar and the extra-virgin olive oil. Garnish with a sprinkle of Parmesan.

RISOTTO OF FENNEL AND BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Add fennel, onion, water, and garlic; cook and stir until onion starts to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in rice until coated with oil and lightly toasted, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir 1 cup broth into the saucepan; cook until rice absorbs broth, about 5 minutes. Add broth a ladleful at time, stirring until rice is tender and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes in all. Stir in black beans; cook until heated through, about 5 minutes.

BLACK TRUFFLE RISOTTO

Steps:

• Method Using a fine cheese grater, grate two thirds of the fresh Truffles into a mixing bowl. Grate the cheese into the same bowl, and add the diced butter and 1tbsp olive oil. Mix gently. Bring a small saucepan to the boil with the vegetable stock and keep on slow simmer. Meanwhile using a heavy based flat bottomed pan, saute the onion in 1tbsp of olive oil until translucent. Add the rice to the onion and heat through until all grains are hot and coated in oil. Add 1 cup of wine to the rice and stir until dissolved. Then add 1 cup of hot stock, again stirring until dissolved. Keep adding small quantities of stock until rice is cooked. This will take approx. 15 minutes from adding 1st cup of wine. Rice should be al dente, not too runny, but moist with no excess liquid remaining. Turn off heat and add the diced butter fresh Truffle and parmesan mixture, and quickly beat into the risotto until you get a creamy finish. Leave for 1 minute. Plate up the risotto. Shave the remaining fresh Truffles over the individual portions at the table to ensure that you maximise the experience of the fresh Truffle aroma.

ITALIAN BLACK BEAN & ZUCCHINI RISOTTO

Steps:

• In large deep skillet over medium heat, heat oil.
• Add rice; stir to coat with oil.
• Stir in 4 cups water and salt; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer about 15 to 18 minutes, until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Stir black beans, zucchini, salsa, 1 cup cheese and cilantro into rice mixture.
• Cover; cook about 8 minutes, until zucchini is tender.
• Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Remove from heat, cover and let stand 4 minutes, until cheese is melted.
• Serve with sour cream and green onions.

CROATIAN DALMATIAN BLACK RISOTTO (CRNI RIZOT)

Steps:

• Wash octopuses carefully and thoroughly, take out the bone, and ink-bags put aside. Cut octopus into stripes.
• Finely mince garlic and parsley leaves.
• Mince onion and sauté it on olive oil. When onion becomes soft, add octopus, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, tomato, salt pepper and sauté it 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes add 1 cup of wine and continue to sauté it. When octopus become soft, add what has left of wine.
• Wash rice in two (cold) waters and add to octopus. Cook rice according to manual time necessary (add water but count in the liquid you have already in a pot).
• Five minutes before ready add ink-bags. Put ink-bags one by one to decide how black you want your risotto. Cut hard sheep cheese into small cubes and add with ink-bags. This cheese will give the risotto rich and creamy taste.
• Cook for 2-3 minutes more and serve with grated parmesan cheese.

BLACK RISOTTO

Steps:

• Clean the cuttlefish by removing eyes, beak and transparent quill.
• Remove and reserve ink sac.
• Place cuttlefish in a bowl of cold water and soak for 30 minutes.
• Peel off as much skin as possible, cut the cuttlefish into strips and wash in plenty of cold water.
• Saute' onion and garlic in the oil until translucent.
• Add the cuttlefish and cook over moderate heat until golden, stirring from time to time.
• Add salt and pepper reduce heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• Add the rice and stir briefly over high heat to blend flavors.
• Pour in several ladlefuls of boiling broth, the ink from the cuttlefish sac, and then little by little the rest of the boiling broth.
• Reduce heat to low and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring constantly.