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Beetroot risotto with streaky bacon
5.0 / 1 votesThere are just so much flavors and vibrant colors in this beetroot risotto with streaky bacon! Ready in 45 minuten, recipe for 4 people.
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Made by Véronique
Published at 2016-06-23, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 45 minutes.
Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.
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Preparation time
15 minutes
Time cooking
30 minutes
Total time
45 minutes
Preparation - 15 minutes
Peel and then dice the onion and clove of garlic. Drain liquid from the package of pre-cooked red beets. save one red beet for garnish (optional).
Roughly slice the red beets, add into the blender, add in a squeeze of lemon juice and mix until smooth. Dice the streaky bacon. Blend the flat-leaf parsley, basil, olive oil together and season with salt and pepper.
Set aside. Heat the stock and set it aside.
Cooking time - 30 minutes
Heat up the large deep pan, add in olive oil, and sauté the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes. Add the risotto and saute the risotto until slightly glazed. Pour in a nice big gulp of white wine, about 125 ml.
Stir, and wait for the wine to reduce. Cook the risotto by adding in some of the chicken stock (not all at once!). Stir, add more stock when needed. Repeat this step until the risotto rice has almost been fully cooked.
Add the beetroot puree and ground cumin seeds about 5 minutes before serving the risotto. Meanwhile heat up the small skillet and add in the diced streaky bacon, no need to add in butter or olive oil.
Bake until crispy. Stir the streaky bacon through the risotto when the rice has been cooked. Season the risotto with pepper (bacon and stock are already salty).
Garnish with watercress and the herb oil. Enjoy!
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4 comments on "Beetroot risotto with streaky bacon"
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Al
says on 2022-09-09
Made it tonight! It was a wonderful dish, the cumin gave it that right hint of earthiness to complement the beets. I read the instructions wrong and ended up blending the parsley and basil with the beets but that didn’t change the dish at all in my opinion. I also garnished with some crumbled goat cheese for extra creaminess! Will definitely make it again.
Ohmydish
says on 2022-09-09
Hi Al,
so glad to read you liked the dish. It really is all about flavour! The addition of crumbled goat cheese sounds devine, well done!
Kind greetings Véronique
A_boleyn
says on 2016-06-27
Very pretty side dish. I just pureed some beets today for colouring pasta and am inspired to give it a try. Whether it actually happens is anyone's guess. I need to go shopping for a bottle of white wine and some stock first. :)
Ohmydish
says on 2016-06-27
Thanks! Oh yes coloring pasta with red beets is great, we do that sometimes too. Haha, if you decide to make the risotto one day, we hope you like it ;)
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