Lobster and Spiced Tomato Risotto
- 5 cups Chicken Broth
- 2 Small Lobster Tails, In Shells
- 1/4 cups Olive Oil
- 1 Red Onion, Diced Small
- 1- 1/2 cup Arborio Rice
- 1/2 cups White Wine
- 1 can (14 Oz. Size) Crushed Tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoons Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
- 1- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- Kosher Salt
- Bring the broth and lobster tails to a simmer over low heat in a medium pot.
- Simmer for 78 minutes and then remove the lobster tails.
- Using kitchen shears, cut through the soft shell on the belly of the lobster and gently remove the tail meat.
- Return the whole shells to the broth and cut the partially cooked lobster tail meat into bite-sized chunks.
- Set those aside.
- In a large pan over medium heat, add the olive oil and onion.
- Sweat the onion, stirring often, about 5 minutes.
- Add rice and stir to coat the rice.
- Cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
- Add the wine to the rice and stir, scraping any bits from the bottom of the pan.
- When the wine cooks off, add a large ladle of broth and continue to cook and stir.
- When the broth cooks off, add another ladle of stock.
- Continue this process of adding broth and cooking it off, stirring continuously.
- When you are about 15 minutes into cooking and have added most of the broth, add the tomatoes, red pepper flakes and cinnamon.
- After 2 minutes, add the rest of the broth and continue to cook another 5 minutes or until the rice is tender and cooked through and risotto has thickened.
- Add the lobster chunks and cook another minute until the lobster is just cooked through.
- Season to taste with kosher salt.
- Serve hot.
chicken broth, lobster, olive oil, red onion, rice, white wine, tomatoes, red pepper, ground cinnamon, kosher salt
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/lobster-and-spiced-tomato-risotto/ (may not work)