DARK CHOCOLATE, ITALIAN EXPRESSO & AMARENA CHERRY RISOTTO

Recipe Created By:

Gary Guiney

Serves

4

ready in

30 minutes

difficulty

Easy

What you will need

  • 300g RISO GALLO Carnaroli Risotto Rice
  • 750 ml milk
  • 300 ml double cream
  • Handful of Chopped Hazelnuts
  • 200 g dark chocolate
  • 1 cup of Coco powder
  • 1 shot of Italian Espresso coffee
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup of Amarena cherries
  • 1 lemon (rind and Juice)

How to prepare:

Sift your coco powder into a bowl, add your sugar, juice of one lemon, cream and coffee and give it a good mix. It should make a chocolate sauce to set to side.

Toast your rice in a hot pan and grate in the zest of your lemon, for 2 minutes. Next add your milk and cook for 10 minutes on a medium heat. At the 10 minutes stage, reduce your heat, your milk should have reduced down and add your Chocolate & Coffee mix.

Your risotto will be a rich chocolate brown and rice starting to soften. Cook for a further 10 minutes and add in your cherries and hazelnuts.

Total cooking time will be 30 mins

Serve with the rest of your hazelnuts and lemon zest.

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