Okay, so I might not be the perfect domestic goddess – but that doesn’t stop me from trying!
This is one of our family favourites and my big girl chose this for dinner last night in celebration of her first day at high school. Not that she felt the need to celebrate. She took it all in her stride and really didn’t understand what the fuss was all about..
Here’s my recipe for my delicious Chorizo and Red Pepper Risotto!
Ingredients
225g chorizo (approx – obviously dependant on the size of the sausage – ooo er!)
1 red pepper (deseeded and cubed)
1 onion (finely chopped)
4 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
300g arborio risotto rice
1 litre hot chicken stock (approx)
olive oil (about 1 tbsp – for frying)
handful of fresh parsley (chopped)
salt and pepper to season
- Gently fry the onion, garlic and red pepper until soft in olive oil in a large pan until soft.
- Slice the chorizo then add to the pan and fry gently until all the gorgeous oils are released.
- Next add the rice. I love arborio rice for risotto as it cooks to such a soft and creamy consistency while retaining some bite. Stir in so that it is coated in the lovely oils but just for a couple of minutes and you need to stir continuously so it doesn’t stick.
- Then you need to add the stock a little at a time, I usually do it a ladle at a time. I use Kallo Organic stock cubes as they come in a super child friendly low salt variety but of course if you have your own homemade stock – then all the better! Keep adding more stock as the rice absorbs the liquid, and usually after about 20 minutes and a litre of stock – it will be cooked to perfection and be creamy yet firm.
- Stir in the chopped parsley and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve with freshly grated parmesan (and we had ours with a lovely green side salad and piles of garlic bread because we are greedy guts!)
There you have it!
Enjoy x
Lovely! I don’t think you can go wrong with chorizo
My favourite!
Oooh mine too! Chorizo and risotto are two of my favourite things.. and put together.. what could be better?
A very delicious recipe for a new start. Glad your girl was okay; high school is such a big step.
CJ xx
It seems that it was a much bigger step for me than it was for her! So proud of her – just taken it all in her stride! x
Love chorizo & rissotto so I may have to give this a go.
Let me know if you do – I’d love to know what you think! x
If I could cook I would def make this. I need someone to cook it for me, I was meant to be rich ! Why am I not rich ? xx
Hehe! I’ll cook it for you and have one of my staff pop it over to you in my private jet sweetie
x
It looks quite tasty.
Well done.
The Risotto Queen
Wow! Quite a compliment coming from The Risotto Queen herself!
x
OOoh that sounds scrummy – bookmarking for later this week
You’ll have to let me know what you think! x
This sounds utterly delicious, I’ve added this to my ‘Recipes’ favourites folder
Can’t wait to try it, and luckily I just so happen to have some chorizo in the fridge 
Oh fab! You must let me know what you think when you try it
Just trying the recipe now x
I’m not a mummy but I’m going to give this recipe a go for my small group! Looks great! How many does it serve? I have to cook for roughly 8 people… so I may double the quantities. Thankyou so much! God bless! X