jamies 30 minute mushroom risotto

[mollykins]

I could cook it in 30 minutes, but the rice was nowhere near done so it took 45 nearly 50 minutes to cook, and that was without making a pudding aswell!

[bednobs]

so what?

[mollykins]

How could he have cooked the meal and the rice been edible? There's no way it could have been cooked enough when he did it.

[NazNomad]

Arborio, or plain old Lidl muck?

[Buenchico]

Normal boiled rice takes around 12 minutes, so 50 minutes cooking should only produce a slimey mess. A decent risotto requires the rice to be quite firm. If I make it, I''ll stick with Jamie's version, not yours Molly!
;-)

[Vagrant]

I make risotto regularly - using arborio rice - it takes 25-30 minutes

[vivandorron]

I did not see the programme, so cannot comment on the prepared dish of food. However, I would wish to say something as regards the cooking of rice. It's a matter of whether you want the rice, fluffy, glutinous, or all grains separated.

I take the view that white rice needs 10 to 20 mins and brown requires 30 to 45 mins.

It can be argued that separate grains is a European preference. It is would be impossible to eat it with chopsticks; unless you wish to spend a very long time eating, one grain at a time.

Ron.

[yelenots]

I've been watching the programmes - he never washes his hands does he????

[vivandorron]

Does any Chef.

[yelenots]

Never wash up either!!!

[vivandorron]

Quite right yelenots.....You may now be interested in what is true story.

When I was temporarily attached to my firm's headquarters in London I was accommodated with other staff in a small hotel near Paddington railway station. To get to the bar for a drink it was necessary to pass the door which led to the kitchen.

On a very hot Summer evening my colleague and I were proceeding to the bar after having had a very satisfactory dinner and the chef was taking a breather at the kitchen door. My workmate said to the Chef something like " Nice meal, I bet it's really hot in the kitchen." to which the reply came " You can say that again because my piles are killing me."

Makes you think when eating out, doesn't it.

Ron.

[ummmm]

I made it in under 30 minutes.

[mollykins]

It's co-op italian risotto rice which apparantly take 25-35 minutes to cook in a risotto. Umm after half an hour everything was ready except the rice wasn't cooked enough.

[sara3]

molly, I didn't watch it but can make risotto. did you use stock with already boiled water?

[ummmm]

Try Arborio next time.

[mollykins]

Sara I followed his recipe and crumbed the stock cube in near the start, with a bit of boiling water and jsut added a little bit of hot water as required.

[pastafreak]

I can generally do a risotto in 25 minutes-give or take.The stock has to be simmering as you are doing the rice, so the temperature is maintained constantly.

[mollykins]

it was even on watchdog (just saw it on the iplayer) that even some professional cooks struggled to do everything in 30 minutes.

But pasta remember in the extra 5 minutes, you'd have to do the side dishes and dessert that jamie cooked aswell . . .

[annie0000]

You probably weren't adding enough liquid, the rice needs to absorb the liquid to cook - if there is not enough liquid, it won't cook - add the stock a little faster next time.

[pastafreak]

What were the side dishes and dessert? The risotto doesn't need constant attention.
I've only seen the last program-where he did jerk chicken-and have to admit that unless VERY organised-it could be a bit difficult. And-I like my chicken cooked a bit more.