Oven Baked Risotto

[ethandron]

If you’ve never made one then do it!
It’s so easy and doesn’t involve all the stirring of a stove top one.
My mushroom leek and brocolli one is just resting in the kitchen before I put some more Parmesan on it and we devour it. Really, really tasty.
To be followed by a small box of Maltesers and a few Ferraro rocher. And strictly...yay!

[rowanwitch]

Most of the modern chefs do baked ones now. More reliable and less labour intensive. I used to have one for the slow cooker that was good but lost the recipe

[ethandron]

Could you google it Rowan?

[ethandron]

And yes, I am a modern chef ;)

[diddlydo]

But you don't get the creaminess without the stove top stirring!

[Melanierogz]

I am not a chef but i know the Taste of it and tradition of it.

[Tilly2]

I made an oven baked, wild mushroom risotto last night. I followed Delia's recipe and it was lovely.

[dannyk13]

Oven baked risotto is a sacrilege.

[Tilly2]

Have you tried it, Danny?

[ethandron]

Oven baked risotto is delicious.
Glad you enjoyed yours Tilly. Mine was an amalgamation of delias, one I found online which included brocolli, and the addition of a couple of leeks I had in which needed using up.
Ours was very creamy too, really no need for all that stirring. Seriously, if you like risotto give an oven baked one a go, don’t just dismiss it.

[dannyk13]

Just once Tilly.It loses its creaminess in the oven.

[Tilly2]

I kept an eye on mine for the last five minutes, just in case it began sticking to the bottom of the pan.

[diddlydo]

You can do rice dishes in the oven but please don't call them risotto which has to have the liquid ladled in at intervals during the cooking process and has to be stirred to get the proper creamy texture of a risotto.

[Tilly2]

I'll just call it very creamy oven baked rice then. :-)

[ethandron]

Apparently Anna Del Conte assured Delia that in Liguria they sometimes cook risotto in the oven, so if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me :)

[dannyk13]

Ethandron, My mother in law comes from Liguria(La Spezia) and I can assure you that she would never put a risotto in the oven.

[ethandron]

Maybe she’s missing a trick then Danny.

[rowanwitch]

I will try tracking it down, it does need stirring every 15 minutes so not the lazy slow cooking you can leave.

[dannyk13]

From a definition of risotto
There are many different risotto recipes with different ingredients, but they are all based on rice of an appropriate variety, cooked in a standard procedure.[9] Risotto, unlike other rice dishes, requires constant care and attention.

[ethandron]

I bow to your superior knowledge Danny but will continue to bake mine a la Delia and Anna del conte.

[dannyk13]

Buon apetito.