【Ingredients】

• 1.5 litres hot chicken stock / 1.5L熱雞湯

• 
a handful of dried porcini mushrooms / 1小撮乾的牛菌菇(牛肚菇)

• olive oil / 橄欖油

• 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped / 洋蔥1顆、切碎

• 2 sticks of celery, trimmed and finely chopped / 芹菜2隻、切碎

• 400g risotto rice / 義大利米400g

• 150ml vermouth or white wine / 150ml 苦艾酒 or 不甜白酒

• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper / 海鹽和現磨黑胡椒

• 4 large handfuls of wild mushrooms (try shiitake, girolle, chestnut or oyster – definitely no button mushrooms, please!), cleaned and sliced
四大份野生菇類(香菇、girolle, chestnut or oyster),清洗後切片

• a few sprigs of fresh chervil, tarragon or parsley, leaves picked and chopped / 一些新鮮的紅蘿蔔、荷蘭芹-切碎

• juice of 1 lemon / 檸檬1顆(榨成汁)

• 25g butter / 奶油25g

• 2 nice handfuls of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for serving / Parmesan Cheese 2塊

• extra virgin olive oil / 特級初榨橄欖油


【Method】
★★★稍後翻譯

A mushroom
risotto can be taken in many different ways, depending on what kind of mushrooms you have and whether they are introduced at the very beginning of cooking or just added at the end, as I’m going to do here. The inspiration for this recipe came when I was in Japan and saw mushrooms being cooked completely dry on a barbecue or griddle pan. This way of cooking brings out a really fresh and nutty flavour in them; perfect for being dressed lightly with olive oil, salt and lemon juice or stirred into a risotto at the last minute before serving.

Heat your stock in a saucepan and keep it on a low simmer. Place the porcini mushrooms in a bowl and pour in just enough hot stock to cover. Leave for a couple of minutes until they’ve softened. Fish them out of the stock and chop them, reserving the soaking liquid.

In a large pan, heat a glug of olive oil and add the onion and celery. Slowly fry without colouring them for at least 10 minutes, then turn the heat up and add the rice. Give it a stir. Stir in the vermouth or wine – it’ll smell fantastic! Keep stirring until the liquid has cooked into the rice. Now pour the porcini soaking liquid through a sieve into the pan and add the chopped porcini, a good pinch of salt and your first ladle of hot stock. Turn the heat down to a simmer and keep adding ladlefuls of stock, stirring and massaging the starch out of the rice, allowing each ladleful to be absorbed before adding the next.

Carry on adding stock until the rice is soft but with a slight bite. This will take about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, get a dry griddle pan hot and grill the wild mushrooms until soft. If your pan isn’t big enough, do this in batches. Put them into a bowl and add the chopped herbs, a pinch of salt and the lemon juice. Using your hands, get stuck in and toss everything together – this is going to be incredible!

Take the risotto off the heat and check the seasoning carefully. Stir in the butter and the Parmesan. You want it to be creamy and oozy in texture, so add a bit more stock if you think it needs it. Put a lid on and leave the risotto to relax for about 3 minutes.

Take your risotto and add a little more seasoning or Parmesan if you like. Serve a good dollop of risotto topped with some grilled dressed mushrooms, a sprinkling of freshly grated Parmesan and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
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