Risotto

[BUNNY]

Can you freeze risotto?

[nickmo]

Yes but it goes too mushy to be a risotto when you defrost it, as the rice in a good risotto is meant to be 'al dente' - with bite - to be really served at its best. You can get ready to cook stir fry rices or paellas anyway, but these don't rely on the best types of rice for the results...

Best suggestion is for any left over risotto, make up some small 'cakes', coat in breadcrumbs and freeze these (with a greaseproof paper between each cake so they aren't one big stack of frozen rice). No need to defrost before cooking and they will cook in about 6 - 7 mins in a little hot oil....they will still possibly be a little too soft if you have over cooked the rice in the first place, but they should be ok and are quite tasty.

Freezing affects the texture of food, so depending on what else you have in the risotto, some recipes will freeze better than others anyway.

[chazza]

Yes but be very careful with rics as you can get food poisoning easily.

Make sure you put it in the freezer ASAP and reheat it until it is roasing hot. Do not reheat or freeze it again after this