Risotto alla Marinara
- Olive oil
- 1 small onion, minced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 pound fresh fish fillets, such as mullet or snapper, cut into small pieces
- 1 pound cherrystone clams, scrubbed and washed
- 1 pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded, and washed
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice
- 1/2 pound small shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1 cup fresh peeled or canned tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped Italian parsley, plus 2 sprigs for garnish
- Pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons sweet butter
- Heat 1/2 cup of the olive oil, the onion, and garlic in a large frying pan, and cook over medium heat, stirring often, for 3 minutes.
- Add the fish fillets and cook over low heat for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Set aside.
- Put the clams and mussels into a large pot with 1/2 cup of water and the white wine and cook, covered, over medium-high heat until the shells have opened, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the mussels and clams from their shells and add to the pan with the fish.
- Strain the juices from the pan the clams and mussels cooked in through a fine strainer lined with a double layer of cheesecloth into a saucepan.
- Add 5 cups of water and bring the seafood broth to a boil.
- Reduce heat to a simmer.
- Put a ladle into the pan and keep it close to the burner on which youll be cooking the risotto.
- Heat 4 tablespoons of the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and add the rice.
- Stir constantly for 2 minutes.
- Ladle in 1 cup of seafood broth and, stirring vigorously and constantly, cook until the liquid has been absorbed.
- Add another ladleful of broth and stir the rice until the liquid has been absorbed.
- Add the cooked seafood, shrimp, tomatoes, parsley, cayenne pepper, if you like, and 2 ladlesful of broth to the risotto.
- Stir and continue adding the broth, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring until the liquid has been absorbed and the risotto is done.
- If necessary, add boiling water to the seafood broth and keep it simmering.
- Five minutes before the risotto is ready, call everyone to the table.
- Season the cooked risotto to taste with salt and pepper and stir in the butter.
- Turn the risotto into a warmed serving dish or bowl and garnish with the parsley sprigs.
- Serve at once.
olive oil, onion, garlic, fish, cherrystone clams, mussels, white wine, arborio rice, shrimp, tomatoes, italian parsley, cayenne pepper, salt, sweet butter
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/risotto-alla-marinara (may not work)