A recipe tag

The lovely Ally has tagged me in a recipe, err, tag, so how could I resist. Here are the rules:

* I post a recipe here and tag four people.

* They choose one ingredient from my recipe and post a recipe using this ingredient on their blog, linking back to the previous blog that posted a recipe.

* They then tag four new people, and we will see how it grows.

* To keep it exciting please post within a week of receiving the tag.

So, I feel like I am going out into competition with the original recipe over at Harrysdesk, but this is what keeps coming to mind so I will just run with it. It’s a risotto for those who don’t like stirring. I have taken this from Donna Hay Modern Classics, so I don’t know if it is copyright to post it on a blog (if somebody thinks so, let me know). But let me earn the right by plugging the book. I like it, and contrary to popular belief the recipes are not all full of weird ingredients. Here is proof:

Baked Chicken and Pumpkin Risotto

2 cups Arborio or other risotto rice

5 cups chicken stock

60 gm butter

700 gm pumpkin, peeled and diced

Olive oil

3 chicken breasts

½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese

Sea salt and cracked black pepper

2 tablespoons chopped flat parsley leaves

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit). Place the rice, stock, butter and pumpkin in an ovenproof dish and cover tightly with a lid or aluminium foil (note, use a large dish, or two smaller ones, as it expands). Bake for 30 minutes or until the rice is soft. (I usually find I give it 5 or so minutes more.)

While the risotto is baking, add a little oil to a frying pan over medium heat and cook the chicken for 4 minutes each side or until cooked through. Allow to cool slightly, then chop. (Can also chop the parsley at this point.)

Remove the risotto from the over and stir the chicken, parmesan, salt, pepper and parsley through it continuously for 5 minutes, or until the risotto is creamy. Serve immediately. (Serves 4 – at least! – I always have oodles left over.)

I am going to tag Simone, because she doesn’t actually like recipes and might have some anti-procedural alternative, Ben, because he occasionally gives us one of his own kitchen creations, Nathan, because he does too and is currently teaching a friend to cook, and maybe I will tag a new blog acquaintance who goes by the name of Inks because she is French and her husband is Afrikaans and I am curious! Feel free to pass – just let me know.

Picture (and cool serving suggestion) from http://kimberlybelle.com/blog