Recipe #22 Mushroom and tomato dill Risotto

HOW TO MAKE 
Mushroom and Tomato 
Risotto

Makes ( 4 servings )

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time : 25 mins

Ingredients you will need:

1. 1 1/4 cup of arborio rice
2. 1 large onion chopped
3. 4 garlic cloves chopped.
4. 4 tbsp. olive oil  
5. 1 cup of tomato paste
6. 1/2 tbsp.pepper
7. 1/2 tbsp. salt
8. 1/2 tbsp. oregano 
9. 3 cups chicken broth
10. 5 large mushrooms chopped 
11. 1/4 cup parmesan cheese 
12. 1/4 cup chopped dill leaves 
13. 1 cup shredded boiled chicken (optional)

Method:

1. Rinse  the rice with water , until the foggy white colour turns clear. Then set aside 
2. Place 2 tbsp. olive oil in a pan then place onions and garlic and fry till it turns a light golden brown.
3. Then add tomato paste and all dry ingredients and incorporate.( salt , pepper , oregano ) 
4. Then strain the rice  and add into the mixture and leave to cook for 5 mins.Gradually and the chicken broth to allow the rice to cook.
5. Then in another pan fry the mushrooms ( When frying mushrooms intially do not stir otherwise they loose their shape)
6. When the water has reduced to mainly the tomato mixture ,Place the mushrooms, and half of the cheese and mix well ( You can add boiled shredded chicken here if you want to)
7. Then mix in the dill leaves .
8. When serving you can add more parmesan cheese on top.

Notes :

If you will not buy ready chicken broth which I personally don't then you can make some by adding pieces of chicken with bones into 1 litre of boiling water. Add half an onion 5 cloves , 1 tbsp. salt and boil the chicken. 

You can later shred the chicken and use it in the risotto or use it to make sandwiches