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> Pandora wrote:
>>> This morning I made RISOTTO AGLI SPINACI.
>>> (Very simple to do)
>>> here is the photos:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/9ar583.jpg
>>> http://tinypic.com/9ar603.jpg
>>>
>>> Recipe for 2 persons:
>>> 200 grammes of yellow rice (I use riso Flora);
>>> 25 grammes of butter
>>> 3 teaspoons of EVOO;
>>> 1 onion chopped
>>> 3 cubes of frozen spinach;
>>> 1.5 litres of hot broth;
>>> 3 teaspoons of salt
>>> 1 tea spoon of white pepper
>>> 1 dusting of nutmeg
>>> 30 grammes of Reggiano (I put a cheese called "Castelmagno");
>>> -----------------------
>>> Boil the spinach and when cold, squash and mince them.
>>> Put on the fire a pot with broth and when it is hot turn off the
>>> fire.
>>> In a large frying pan put oil and butter. When the butter is
>>> liquefied put the onion and when this one become trasparent and soft
>>> add the spinach. Mix and season with salt, pepper and the nutmeg,
>>> then add the rice.
>>> Mix with a wood spoon adding few broth little by little (when broth
>>> is absorbed from the rice you add another ladle).
>>> Continue to mix till the rice is ready (about 15 minutes).
>>> At the end turn off the fire, put the grated cheese and mix again.
>>> Your Risotto agli spinaci is ready. Very good if you like vegetables!
>
> My first impression on reading this recipe was to hold off on boiling the
> spinach. I was thinking about chopping it and then adding it at the end.
> The heat from the rice would wilt it.

If you have fresh spinach is ok. But if you have frozen spinach, you can't
put the "icebergs" in your frying pan

I was thinking flavour wise and it
> would pack more of a punch and the colour may be more brilliant as well.
> Have you tried that?

Yes! with fresh spinach, but this is a winter vegetable. In this period you
can't find them!
Cheers
Pandora