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Risotto Cakes

Risotto Cakes

Dax Phillips
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients for the mushroom risotto:
  • 1 1/2 cups of Arborio rice Italian short grain rice, used for making risotto
  • 4 tbsp of olive oil
  • 2 cups baby portabello mushrooms cleaned, stems removed, chopped
  • 2 shallots finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup of brandy
  • 6 cup unsalted chicken broth
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
  • Ingredients for making the risotto cakes:
  • Cold leftover risotto
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup of Italian bread crumbs
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • Flat leaf parsley chopped (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Start by making the risotto.
  • To a sauce pan, add in all of the chicken stock, and bring it up to a simmer. You need warm/hot stock for this process, not cold stock.
  • To a medium pot, add 4 tablespoons of the olive oil and to that add your shallots, mushrooms, and garlic Cook for roughly four minutes, then add in the arborio rice. Stir, cooking for a minute or two, as you continue to stir. Add in about a 1/4 cup of the hot stock, and then add in brandy. Stir. The liquid should quickly begin to evaporate.
  • Now here is the trick, and you must stick with the trick, and that is when you are adding your stock, you will want to keep stirring while the liquid evaporates while cooking the rice. Throw in 2 cups of the chicken stock, and cook and stir until evaporated, and continue this process with the remaining stock. Begin tasting for tenderness. You want the risotto to be creamy and tender. Once done, season with salt and pepper, and the grated cheese. Stir, and serve immediately. Enjoy, then when you are done eating this as a side dish, let it cool, and cover, and refrigerate over night.
  • The following day is when you make your risotto cakes.
  • To a bowl, add the egg, and beat it until nice and smooth.
  • Add in about 2 cups of the cold risotto, and the bread crumbs. Mix to combine all of the ingredients, and them form them into cakes. I use a ring mold, as I like the molds for a great presentation, but if you do not have ring molds, then form them into patties, as shown above.
  • Heat a large skillet on medium heat, and add in the olive oil. Bring the oil up to temperature, then add the risotto cakes. I like to add a bit more of the panko bread crumbs to the top and bottom of each risotto cake.
  • Cook for about 3 minutes, per side, or until nice and golden on each side. Manage your heat as well so that you do not burn the cakes. When I flip the first risotto cake, I place the lid on the skillet, and reduce the heat to a medium-low, to ensure that the risotto cake gets heated through, then I uncover, raise the heat to a medium, and continue to cook until both sides are nice and golden brown.
  • Remove with a slotted spatula, and serve.