A Cornish Food Blog | Jam and Clotted Cream

An easy slow cooker risotto recipe made extra indulgent by stirring through thick and creamy Cornish clotted cream at the end of cooking! I was sceptical whether risotto would work well in the slow cooker, worrying that it might go a bit mushy. I needn't have worried and now I have perfected this simple and easy slow cooker risotto recipe, which can be tweaked with many flavour combinations. Best of all I make it extra indulgent by adding a spoonful of Cornish clotted cream at the end of cooking. Why should I try it? ✔️ An easy throw it all in and switch on recipe. ✔️ Add different flavours. ✔️ Deliciously creamy. ✔️ Cooks in 2 hours. Ingredients You will need; Arborio Rice Chicken Stock Olive Oil White Wine Onion Garlic Thyme Parmesan Clotted Cream Equipment You will need a 3 litre slow cooker, chopping board and sharp knife to make this slow cooker risotto recipe. Instructions One: Chop the onion and garlic and ...

I've got another super easy chicken recipe to share with you today. Utilising the trusty Sunday leftovers, this creamy risotto is one of my 'bung it in the oven' varieties. No stirring means you have time to get on with other things - at the moment this means mopping my muddy floors! I'm sure the weather will get better once the kids go back to School. The kids aren't that keen on spinach so I only added a small handful - it would quite happily take a lot more. I also added a couple of bacon rashers too as I had them in the fridge, but it would be fine without. OVEN BAKED CHICKEN, PEA AND SPINACH RISOTTO Oven Baked Chicken, Pea and Spinach Risotto Risotto Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Oven Baked Chicken, Pea and Spinach Risotto A great time saving oven baked chicken risotto recipe that requires no stirring. prep time: 10 mins cook time: 25 mins total time: 35 mins ingredients:  25g Butter ...

A simple asparagus, pea and bacon risotto recipe. Perfect with a glass of chilled white wine.

@EthelTheGoat of Capricorn Goats Cheese fame kindly invited me to take part in the #CapricornChallenge on Twitter. I obviously said yes and an amazing hamper filled to the brim with ingredients, including Capricorn Goats Cheese from Somerset, landed on my doorstep this morning. I was given strict instructions by @EthelTheGoat to devise a lip smacking recipe to post on my blog.....and this Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto is what I came up with - I hope Ethel approves.  print recipe Goats Cheese, Bacon and Pea Risotto by Beth Sachs June-12-2012 Serve with extra Parmesan Ingredients 30g Butter 1 Onion, chopped 2 Smoked Bacon Rashers, chopped 1 TSP Fresh Thyme Leaves 300g Arborio Rice Splash of White Wine 1 Litre Hot Vegetable Stock Handful Frozen Peas 100g Capricorn Goats Cheese, rind removed and chopped Handful Parmesan, grated Seasoning Instructions Step 1: Melt the butter in a large pan, and fry the onion, bacon...

We have just enjoyed this lovely baked risotto for dinner, using the squash, 1 onion, some butter and Cheddar from the Farmison Veg and Dairy box I received on Friday. It requires no stirring so perfect when you are too busy to stand by the hob. The amount below serves 2 (the kids had a cooked lunch at School/Nursery) but you can easily double everything to serve 4. BAKED SQUASH RISOTTO | Serves: 2  | Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Cook Time: 40 Minutes | Total Time: 50 Minutes  | Ingredients:  1 small Squash, cut into wedges (skin still on) 1 TBSP Butter 1 Onion, chopped 3 rashers of smoked Bacon, chopped 1 TSP Dried Thyme 200g Risotto Rice 600ml Vegetable Stock 150g Mature Cheddar, grated Instructions: Step 1: Heat the oven to 180c. Put the squash into a roasting tin, drizzle with oil, season and put in the oven - roast for 30 minutes until tender. Step 2: Meanwhile heat a casserole with some oil and fry the onion and ba...

It's risotto kind of weather again, not that I mind - I LOVE Autumn and its distinctive smell. I love the chilly breezy evenings, the bonfires, fallen leaves, toffee apples, fireworks..... and I most definitely love the seasonal food on offer. This risotto is very earthy and rich and perfect for an Autumn evening, snuggled up inside with your family. WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO | Serves: 4  | Prep Time: 30 Minutes | Cook Time: 20 Minutes | Total Time: 50 Minutes | Ingredients:  40g Dried Wild Mushrooms 1 TSP Vegetable Bouillon Glug of Oil 1 Onion, chopped 3 Garlic Cloves, chopped 200g Mushrooms - any variety I used closed cup, chopped 300g Risotto Rice Glass of Vermouth (or white wine) Large handful of grated Parmesan Salt and Pepper Instructions: Step 1: Put the dried mushrooms in a bowl and cover with 1.2 litres of boiling water. Leave for 30 minutes then take the mushrooms out, squeeze off excess water and cho...

An easy Chorizo and Cheddar Risotto recipe. A delicious and filling meal the whole family will love.

Those of you who follow me on twitter will know the night I made this I declared it the best risotto I had  ever made! The slightly sweet nutty roasted squash together with the tangy Helford blue cheese I purchased at   Fifteen Cornwall Farmers Market was a match made in heaven, but the sage just gave it an extra special dimension. A sprinkling of toasted pine nuts if I'd had any, would have been a great addition too. A perfect, comforting autumnal recipe. BUTTERNUT SQUASH, BLUE CHEESE AND SAGE RISOTTO Risotto Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Butternut Squash, Blue Cheese and Sage Risotto A comforting Butternut Squash, Blue Cheese and Sage Risotto recipe prep time: 15 mins cook time: 1 hour and 20 mins total time: 1 hours and 35 mins ingredients: 1 Butternut Squash, quartered and deseeded 2 Cloves of Garlic, chopped 15 Sage leaves, shredded 20g Butter Glug of Olive Oil 1 Onio...

The colder autumn weather is coming (I love Autumn) which makes it the perfect time to resurrect my risotto making skills (although I do enjoy the odd risotto in the summer too). Everyone in this house loves risotto and I actually find the stirring therapeutic (maybe not on a weeknight though!). I like to keep the flavours simple for the kiddies but if you want to add more herbs or different cheeses (blue?) then go right ahead. TWO CHEESE, BACON AND PEA RISOTTO Risotto Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Two Cheese, Bacon and pea Risotto A yummy and comforting bacon and cheese risotto prep time: 5 mins cook time: 20 mins total time: 25 mins ingredients: 1 tbsp butter and tbsp oil 1 onion 4 rashers bacon, chopped 1 tsp thyme 400g Risotto rice 1.2 litres veg stock 75g cheddar, grated 50g Parmesan, grated handful of peas instructions Step 1: Heat the butter and oil in a large pan then f...

There is something about risotto that is so comforting, even on a hot summers day. We enjoyed this chorizo and pea risotto sat out on the deck in the early evening sun, with a large glass of wine (of course!) listening to the cricket on the radio - bliss! CHORIZO AND PEA RISOTTO Risotto Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Chorizo and Pea Risotto A chorizo and pea risotto prep time: 5 mins cook time: 20 mins total time: 25 mins ingredients: 1 TBSP Butter and Splash of Oil 1 O nion , chopped 150g  Chorizo , sliced 250g Risotto Rice 800ml V egetable  Stock (you may not need all of the stock) 1 Glass W hite  W ine Handful of Frozen Peas 2 TBSP Garlic and Herb Cream Cheese (I used  Bocaddon  Farm Cheese I picked up from The Royal Cornwall Show) Handful of Parmesan, grated Salt and Pepper instructions Step 1: Fry the onion and  chorizo  in the butter and garl...

I know some people really don't like making risotto's because of the endless stirring involved. But I actually find it rather therapeutic and calming after a stressful day, whether at home with the kids or at work. It always helps to have a glass of wine in hand and some good music on the ipod too! This combination really just materialised from what I had available in the fridge - sometimes the best meals are the unplanned ones! CHORIZO, LEEK AND THYME RISOTTO By Beth Sachs, 23rd March 2010 Ingredients: 30g butter 3 leeks, washed and sliced thinly 2 fresh chorizo sausages, sliced A couple of sprigs of Thyme, leaves picked 300g Risotto Rice Glass of White Wine 1 Litre Vegetable Stock 50g Parmesan, grated Salt and Pepper Instructions: Step 1: Heat the butter in a large pan over a medium heat, add the leeks and soften for 10 minutes. Meanwhile in a separate saucepan dry fry the fresh chorizo until crispy - set aside. Step 2: Add the t...

A seriously good mushroom risotto for the cold winter nights we are experiencing at the moment.  This risotto is oven baked (meaning a lot less arm ache) and I also decided to finish it off under the grill with some Taleggio - which worked really well. Taleggio, if you aren't too familiar is a semi-soft, washed-rind cheese from the Valtaleggio region in northern Italy, near Lombardy. It's fairly mild in flavor (many call it the Italian version of Brie) and it has a moist to oozy texture. Basically it's yummy!! OVEN BAKED MUSHROOM AND TALEGGIO RISOTTO Risotto Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Oven Baked Mushroom Risotto An oven baked mushroom risotto with grilled taleggio cheese prep time: 10 mins cook time: 20 mins total time: 30 mins ingredients: Knob of Butter 20g Dried Porcini Mushrooms 1 Onion, chopped 250g Chestnut Mushrooms, sliced 100g Closed Cup Mushrooms, sliced 2 TBSP...