Chocolate Risotto

Recipe by Cook's Hideout

Chocolate Risotto: This chocolate risotto is creamy and absolutely divine. Unlike making traditional risotto which involves a lot of stirring, this dessert is mostly hands free. Arborio rice is cooked in milk along with vanilla until tender and then chopped Perugina dark chocolate is stirred into it to make the most luscious chocolate risotto ever. Recipe is from Giada's cooking show. She flavored her 'Chocolate Rice Pudding' from orange zest, but I used vanilla bean. Orange and chocolate is a lovely combination and I would probably try this pudding with Perugina Orangello dark chocolate next time I make it. I...

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup arborio rice (Colavita)
• 4 cups milk ((2% or whole milk is best here))
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 pod Vanilla seeds (, scraped)
• 1 tbsp cocoa (Unsweetened powder)
• 2 oz chocolate (., Perugina 51% Premium , grated)

Method

1. In a saucepan, combine arborio rice, milk, scraped vanilla bean and the vanilla pod. Bring the mixture to a boil, lower the heat to medium low and simmer, stirring frequently, until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
2. Add the sugar, cook till it melts and the mixture thickens a little bit, about 5 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and grated chocolate. Mix well until the chocolate is melted.
4. Cool for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Chill for 2~3 hours before serving and garnish with chopped Baci.

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