Fennel risotto with ricotta and dried chilli (Risotto ai finocchi con ricotta e peperoncino)

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Fennel risotto with ricotta and dried chilli (Risotto ai finocchi con ricotta e peperoncino)

Fennel risotto with ricotta and dried chilli (Risotto ai finocchi con ricotta e peperoncino)

Serves Serves 6
Time Cooks In45 minutes
DifficultySuper easy
Nutrition per serving Plus
  • Calories 529 26%
  • Fat 22.4g 32%
  • Saturates 11.6g 58%
  • Sugars 5.5g 6%
  • Salt 2.6g 43%
  • Protein 15g 30%
  • Carbs 59.1g 23%
  • Fibre 5g -
Of an adult's reference intake
Recipe From

Jamie's Italy

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Ingredients

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  • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic , peeled and finely sliced
  • 2 bulbs fennel , finely sliced, herby tops preserved
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 risotto bianco
  • 2 small dried chillies
  • 4 tablespoons good crumbly ricotta
  • 1 lemon , zest and juice of
  • Parmesan cheese , for grating
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Jamie's Italy

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Method

  1. To me, fennel is a really tasty, classy and under-used vegetable. It works really well with the ricotta in this recipe and has a fantastic sweetness. Please don’t buy the crappy ricotta that a lot of the supermarkets have – make sure it’s light and crumbly and, if you’re out of luck, a fresh goat’s cheese is pretty damn good too.
  2. Put your fennel seeds into a pestle and mortar and bash up to a powder. Get a wide, hot saucepan, add a couple of splashes of olive oil and fry the garlic until softened, then add the bashed fennel seeds and sliced fennel. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and turn down to a medium-low heat. Place a lid on the pan and cook nice and slowly for around 20 minutes, until the fennel’s soft and sweet.
  3. Start the risotto bianco as usual and continue through the recipe until the rice is half cooked. Half-way through Stage 3, stir in the sautéd fennel, then keep cooking the risotto until the rice is perfectly cooked.
  4. Bash up the dried chillies in the pestle and mortar until you have a fine powder. At Stage 4, when you add the butter and Parmesan, add the crumbled ricotta and lemon zest. Check the seasoning carefully and balance the flavour with as much lemon juice as you feel it needs to work with the fennel. Divide between your plates, sprinkle over your fennel tops and dust with the ground chilli. Grate over some fresh Parmesan at the table.
Recipe From

Jamie's Italy