Risotto
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Risotto croquettes with smoked ham and mozzarella cheese
This is a great way of using up left over risotto, in fact, so good that its worth making a risotto, just to do them
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup of water
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 small onion minced
1 1/2 cups of arborio rice (or fat small grained rice)
1/2 cup of good tomato sauce (this means Italian style for pasta)
2/3 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1 egg yolk beaten
Salt and pepper
90 g of smoked ham cut into a good dice
1/2 cup of asparagus cooked and cut into 50 mm lengths
125 g of mozzarella cheese (there is a smoked variety available and if you can get this, use it, you can also substitute any smoked c cheese that will melt)
Oil for deep frying
3 eggs beaten
2 cups of fresh, dry breadcrumbs (made from good rustic bread that you have put into the oven for a short time to dry out, then crumbled)
Bring chicken stock and water to the boil and keep simmering on back burner. Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a pot and heat, fry onions until it is transparent, add rice and continue to fry for a few minutes to turn the grains clearish and coat them well. Add a ladle of stock and cook on low until all has evaporated and then add more, keep doing this until rice is cooked. The risotto should be creamy. Remove from heat and add tomato sauce and parmesan and mix well. Cool completely. Add the egg yolk and mix well season with salt and pepper. In a bowl combine the ham, asparagus and diced mozzarella. Wet your hand with cold water, put about 2 tablespoons of the rice mixture on your hand and flatten it a little, put 1 tablespoons of the cheese mix in the middle and fold or close your hand so that it becomes encased in the centre. Do as many croquettes as you can then dip each one in egg and breadcrumbs. It helps to put them into the refrigerator for a while to chill them before frying. Fry them in oil, a few at a time, drain them on paper towels and serve them warm, not hot. These are quite delicious, even the next day. Make them quite small for a cocktail party.
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