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CHEDDAR CHEESE RISOTTO

CHEDDAR CHEESE RISOTTO

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Serves: 2 as a main, 4 as a starter

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  • Express Recipe
  • Gluten Free
  • Nigella Recipe
  • Vegetarian

This might seem odd to Italians but it works beautifully: the starchy rice, the sharp Cheddar, both are the perfect counterpoint for each other.

I make this on days when I need to escape to the kitchen and have a good, quiet, relaxing and mindless 20 minutes staring into the middle distance and stirring. I heartily recommend it.

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Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 finely sliced baby leeks (or fat spring onions)
  • 300 grams risotto rice
  • 125 ml white wine
  • ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 litre hot vegetable stock
  • 125 grams chopped Cheddar cheese
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
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Method

  1. Melt the butter and oil in a medium-sized pan and cook the sliced baby leeks until they have softened.
  2. Add the risotto rice and keep stirring for a minute or so, then turn up the heat and add the wine and mustard, stirring until the wine is absorbed.
  3. Start ladling in the hot stock, letting each ladleful become absorbed as you stir, before adding the next one.
  4. Stir and ladle until the rice is al dente, about 18 minutes, then add the cheese, stirring it into the rice until it melts.
  5. Take the pan straight off the heat, still stirring as you do so, and spoon the risotto into warmed dishes, sprinkling with some of the chopped chives.

Additional information - for vegetarians make sure that the cheese is a brand that doesn't contain animal rennet.

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  • What a wonderful and comforting dish that is definitely worth the stirring- workout ;-) ! YUMMY !!

    Posted by Clahoe on 18th Jul 2011 at 12.16

  • This is really nice, and relatively easy to prepare. Very tasty! I used wholegrain mustard instead of dijon and it still worked.

    Posted by sihunt1234 on 1st Dec 2012 at 9.31

  • Saw this recipe last week on "what we're having tonight". It was a freezing cold day, and the fridge was almost empty. I had all the ingredients, so thought I'd give it a go. Nigella always makes me happy. I wasn't disappointed. So easy to make, and heart-warmingly delicious. Thank you again Nigella!

    Posted by stargirls on 3rd Dec 2012 at 10.07

  • I am all set to cook this recipe. I have got all the ingredients & excited to try it out. Cross-finger, hoping it comes out well. Nigella, i am very much addicted to your programme. It's not been a week I have missed out your show. Awesome. Keep rockin!! :)

    Posted by hepyun on 10th Apr 2013 at 9.35