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He Said, She Said With Ken & Mary Jo
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He Said, She Said with Ken and Mary Jo
Recipe By: Mary Jo Eustace
Episode #16
Strawberry Fields Forever
Ingredients
- 5 - 6 Cups Stock
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1 Cup Onions, Chopped
- 1/4 Cup Fresh Thyme, Chopped
- 2 Cups Compliments Arborio Rice
- 1 Cup White Wine Or Pernod
- 3/4 - 1 Cup Compliments Parmesan Cheese, Grated
- Salt And Pepper To Taste
- 2 Cups Asparagus, Chopped
- 2 Cups Strawberries, Halved
- 1/4 Cup Asiago Cheese, Shredded
Directions:
- Heat your stock and keep it just simmering on the stove ready to go.
- In a large saucepan over medium-low heat sauté the onions and thyme in butter until the onions are soft.
- Add the Compliments arborio rice and stir it well in the onion and butter mixture. Cook for 3 minutes. Add the white wine and allow it to boil away slightly, approximately 2 to 3 minutes.
- Now we begin the fun stuff. The trick with risotto is you have to constantly move it around - preferably with a flat-ended wooden spoon - to make sure the liquid is properly absorbed. So what we do is add 1 cup of hot stock at the beginning plus 1 tbsp of the Parmesan, then - keep stirring! - let it absorb completely.
- When it's all absorbed, stir in 1/2 cup of stock and 1 tbsp of Parmesan. Let that absorb completely, and do it all over again. Salt and pepper as you go....
- Add your asparagus when you've used half your stock.
DON'T FREAK OUT IF YOU USE A LOT OF STOCK. These short fat grains of arborio absorb a HECK OF A LOT of liquid.
- When the rice is almost done and you have approximately 1 cup of stock left, stir in the strawberries, 1/2 cup of the stock and 1 tbsp Parmesan and continue stirring until your rice is soft and creamy outside, with a bit of a bite inside.
- Just before serving stir in the Asiago cheese. YUMMY. Serve warm and enjoy.
- You may have some stock left over, or have to add more, depending on the type of arborio you use (and of course the attitude!).
- Per Serving: 883 Cal (32% from Fat, 20% from Protein, 48% from Carb); 41 g Protein; 30 g Tot Fat; 17 g Sat Fat; 9 g Mono Fat; 100 g Carb; 7 g Fiber; 8 g Sugar; 679 mg Calcium; 12 mg Iron; 2944 mg Sodium; 73 mg Cholesterol
- "Star Ingredient: Strawberries"
He Said, She Said With Ken & Mary Jo Weekdays at 8:30am PST / 11:30am EST
He Said, She Said with Ken & Mary Jo, is a fresh, funny and delectable half-hour cooking show. This dynamic duo do their usual slicing and dicing of the food (and sometimes each other!), as they banter on about everything from their relationships to wine to foods that kids will love and ultimately show the viewers that if they can cook it …. so can anyone at home.
Each episode features Kostick and Eustace making two very different meals using one Star ingredient that ranges in scope from cauliflower to cod.
“Who knew that you could have so much fun and it is still legal,” says Eustace.
“I can’t believe that people think we are married,” counters Kostick.