In Mediterranean cuisine, you can find a huge number of dishes with shrimp. Italians, for example, often cook pasta and risotto with them. The combination of rice cooked in a certain way and shrimp is very successful, and almost everyone tastes it. Therefore, if you do not know what to cook risotto with, if you are making it for the first time, cook shrimp risotto - you will certainly not regret it. An additional advantage of the dish is its benefits, besides, risotto with shrimp turns out to be hearty, but not too high-calorie.

Cooking features

Risotto is not just rice cooked with spices and other products. This is a completely unique dish, characterized by a special cooking technology. Therefore, before embarking on the culinary process, it makes sense to figure out how to cook risotto correctly.

  • First of all, you need to purchase the right rice. In Italy, varieties such as vialone nano, carnarole or arborio are used for risotto. The last of them is quite possible to purchase in our country, as arborio is imported to Russia. However, don't expect this rice to be cheap. If it turns out that you can’t afford it, or you don’t find it in your store, you still shouldn’t be upset: risotto can be made from other varieties of rice, as long as they have a lot of starch. In particular, for this it is quite possible to use round-grain rice grown in the Krasnodar Territory.
  • It is important to know that rice for risotto is not washed. If you have already filled it with water, then use it for something else. After all, the starch on the surface of the grains is washed off with water, and risotto cannot be prepared without it.
  • The first step is to fry the rice. This stage cannot be skipped, because without frying, the rice will lose its shape and turn into porridge in the process of further cooking. And in real risotto, it should remain smooth and even slightly undercooked inside.
  • At the second stage, Italians most often add dry white wine to rice. It allows you to balance the starchy flavor of the dish, giving it additional notes. So wine is an optional, but desirable component. However, if it was not added during cooking, it can be served with the finished dish.
  • After the wine from the pan in which the risotto is cooked has evaporated, you can add the broth. According to the traditional technology, it is poured in in small doses, introducing a new portion of the liquid only when the previous one is completely absorbed into the rice. When preparing shrimp risotto, the broth can be replaced with water.
  • To prepare shrimp risotto, boiled-frozen peeled small shrimp are most often used. If you have unpeeled shrimp, they need to be dipped in boiling water for a few minutes, then removed from the pan, cooled and removed from the shell. If the shrimp are large, they should also be cut into smaller pieces. Small shrimp do not need to be minced.

A significant role in the taste of the finished shrimp risotto is played by spices and sauce, as well as some other ingredients. Cooking technology may also vary slightly depending on the selected recipe. However, the basic rules for making risotto remain unchanged.

Risotto with shrimps and white wine

  • rice - 0.3 kg;
  • boiled-frozen shrimp (peeled) - 0.3 kg;
  • onions - 100 g;
  • garlic - 5 cloves;
  • dry white wine - 0.2 l;
  • white baguette - 100 g;
  • cream - 100 ml;
  • butter- 100 g;
  • spicy herbs (dried) - 10 g;
  • curry seasoning - 5 g;
  • carrots - 100 g;
  • nutmeg - a pinch;
  • salt, pepper - to taste;
  • cheese - 100 g;
  • celery root - 100 g;
  • water - 1 l.

Cooking method:

  • Peel the celery root and carrots, cut into several pieces, cover with water, add salt and pepper, cook the broth. Discard the vegetables and strain the broth.
  • Free the onion from the husk and cut into as small pieces as possible.
  • Finely chop two cloves of garlic with a knife.
  • Defrost shrimp and rinse, dry with paper towels.
  • Put 60 g of oil in a deep frying pan with a thick bottom. Put the pan on a slow fire.
  • When the butter is melted, put the onion and garlic in it and fry them for 5 minutes.
  • Put the shrimp in the pan with the vegetables and fry them for 5 minutes.
  • Pour in the wine and simmer the shrimp until the wine has evaporated.
  • Add rice and fry it for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add spices and spices, pour in a glass of broth. While stirring, cook the rice with shrimp until it has completely absorbed all the broth. Drain another glass of broth and cook the dish again until there is no broth left in the pan. Continue soaking the broth into the rice little by little until it runs out.
  • Finely grate the cheese and mix it with the cream. Pour this mixture over the risotto, stir and remove from heat.
  • Cut the baguette into slices, fry them in a clean pan in the remaining oil.
  • Crush the remaining garlic and brush the croutons with it.

Serve this risotto recipe with garlic croutons. This will emphasize the creamy flavor of the main dish.

Risotto with shrimps in a slow cooker

  • rice - 0.2 kg;
  • dry white wine - 50 ml;
  • vegetable or fish broth (can be replaced with water) - 0.5 l;
  • boiled-frozen shrimp (peeled) - 0.2 kg;
  • onions - 100 g;
  • lemon - 0.25 pcs.;
  • hard cheese - 50 g;
  • butter - 40 g;
  • garlic - 1 clove;
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

  • Pour a multi-glass of water into the capacity of the multicooker, put a quarter of a lemon. Place the shrimp on the wire rack and start the steaming program for 5 minutes.
  • Remove the shrimp, pour out the liquid from the multicooker bowl, wash and dry the container.
  • Onion, peeled, finely chopped.
  • Grate the cheese using the finely perforated side of the grater.
  • Finely chop the garlic with a knife.
  • Put oil in the multicooker bowl and turn on the unit by selecting the “Frying” or “Baking” program.
  • When the butter is melted, put the onion and garlic in the slow cooker and fry them for 5 minutes.
  • Pour rice into the multicooker bowl and cook it on the same program for 5 minutes.
  • Add salt, spices, spices to taste. Pour in a glass of broth or warm water. Change the program to "Pilaf" or "Rice", "Porridge".
  • After 10 minutes, add the shrimp and the remaining broth, mix. Leave to cook in the same mode for another 10 minutes.
  • Add cheese, stir. Leave for 15 minutes in the heating mode.

The technology for preparing shrimp risotto in a slow cooker is somewhat different from the traditional one, but the taste of the dish is excellent - the way it should be.

Northern Italian dish - shrimp risotto

We will consider in detail the method of preparing this dish. If you are careful, then you will definitely succeed. Cooking it is fast in time, but requires close attention! We will present traditional recipe cooking, which includes round rice, water, dry wine, shrimp, butter and onions. Of course, various variations of this dish are possible using other varieties of rice, broth instead of water, with the addition of cheese (Italians do not add cheese to seafood or fish risotto), replacing butter with vegetable oil, and so on. To prepare shrimp risotto in the amount of 6 medium servings, we will need:

  • round-grain rice of a suitable variety - 400 g;
  • hot water - 2 l;
  • dry wine - 100 ml;
  • frozen shrimp -1 kg;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • butter - only 300 g;
  • salt.

Preparatory work. Getting the Right Rice

The recipe for shrimp risotto involves using the right (for this dish) rice. The cereal suitable for us should be one of three varieties: carnaroli, arborio or vialone nano. It is these types of grains that are very rich in starch, which is important for this dish.

Preparing the bow

The onion should be finely chopped. Variants of a vegetable chopped on a grater or chopped in a food processor will not work. It needs to be chopped very finely with a knife. Onion pieces should be as large as rice grains!

Choosing wine

According to Italian tradition, dry white wine is used for risotto. It is not recommended to use a stale drink if it has already changed its smell or taste.

We prepare water

From the very moment you started cooking, that is, frying the onions, you should already have hot boiled water in stock. Since if you pour cool water into the dish being prepared or start heating it late, then nothing will work.

Shrimps

We will need ordinary frozen marine life. For risotto, we defrost them and peel them from the shells. It is better, of course, to purchase an already purified version for this dish.

For shrimp risotto, we use not animal fat, not vegetable, but butter. It should be with a high percentage of fat content and high quality.

Utensils for ready meals

The risotto plates need to be warmed up! If you put food in cold plates, then the rice will immediately harden, which will be unaesthetic and not very tasty.

Let's start cooking the shrimp risotto. Fry the onion

We need a large deep frying pan. We heat it up and melt the butter there (about 100 g). Put in a very finely chopped onion. Fry it over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spatula until soft and transparent. Onions should not turn brown! In this case, its taste will change, and it will become unsuitable for this dish.

cooking rice

Put the rice into the prepared onion. For shrimp risotto, the rice should not be prewashed. A large amount of starch will come out of it with water, which will not allow you to get the desired consistency of the finished cereal. We constantly stir the contents of the pan to achieve light frying of rice. But it should absorb a lot of oil and onion flavor. And after 30-60 seconds, the croup will become translucent and darkened.

Adding wine

Pour in alcoholic drink and season with a little salt. Cook in the same way until the liquid is absorbed into the rice.

Pour water

When the alcohol has evaporated, pour hot water. To do this, use a ladle or mug. We scoop up the liquid and pour it into the pan in a circle or in several small portions. The liquid should be about ¼ of the volume of the rice. From now on, stir periodically with an interval of 20-40 seconds. When the liquid disappears from the pan, add more. Put the shrimp into the cooked rice. Water at this time should be about half.

Shrimp risotto ready

After 15-20 minutes from the time we put rice in the pan, the dish is cooked. We fill it with finely chopped butter. Gently, in order to injure the cereal as little as possible, mix.

We're setting the table

Arrange on warm plates, trying to keep the shrimp on top. This will give the shrimp risotto a finished look. Serve this dish immediately, because. after a while, it will naturally harden and stick together into a common lump! According to this recipe, risotto is made with squid and other seafood. Only instead of shrimp, for example, peeled squid carcasses, cut into thin strips, are used.

For risotto with shrimp seafood should be cleaned and the shells boiled to get fish broth. This broth is filtered and then poured in portions into the rice. The creaminess of the shrimp risotto is given by grated parmesan, whipped with butter.

Basically, for risotto, round rice of the arborio, vialone nano or carnarole varieties is used. Before water is added to the rice, it is fried in olive oil or butter so that it absorbs the fat. Then they begin to add water to it - in portions, stirring constantly, waiting until the water is absorbed and only then adding more water. Water can be replaced with meat, chicken, fish or vegetable broth. Just 1 cup of rice may require up to 3-4 liters of liquid. The filler for risotto is cooked almost to readiness separately, and then injected into rice at the very end - as is the case with shrimp risotto.

Shrimp risotto - recipes

Risotto with shrimps and avocado.

Ingredients: 50g peeled shrimp, 100g butter, 1 avocado, 100ml white wine, 300ml cream, 250g rice, salt, pepper, curry.

Preparation: fry shrimp meat in butter, add pepper, salt and curry. Pour white wine into the shrimp, then cream, simmer them over low heat. After a few minutes, add the diced avocado, simmer until tender. Fry rice in oil, pour in water in portions, stir, at the very end add shrimp with avocado, mix.

Risotto with shrimps and mussels.

Ingredients: 300g unpeeled shrimp, 600ml hot vegetable broth, saffron, 500g mussels in butter sauce, 50g butter, 2 shallots, 3 strips of smoked bacon, 150g dried tomatoes, 300g arborio rice, 200ml dry white wine, parsley.

Preparation: Peel the shrimp, put the shells in hot vegetable broth, add the saffron. Boil the mussels. Melt the butter, add the finely chopped shallots and bacon strips, fry for 5 minutes until the onion is soft and the bacon is browned, add the chopped tomatoes, then the rice. Stir, pour in the wine, bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook until the wine has been absorbed into the rice. Add the mussel oil to the broth, strain the broth and add it to the rice - in small portions so that it is gradually absorbed into the rice. When the rice is ready, add the shrimp and mussel meat.

Risotto with shrimps and green peas.

Ingredients: 450g unpeeled shrimp, 400ml chicken or vegetable broth, 15g butter, black ground pepper, salt, 1st.l. olive oil, 1 onion, 400g arborio rice, 125 ml dry white wine, 150g green peas, parsley.

Preparation: clean the shrimp, put the shells in the broth brought to a boil, reduce the heat, cook for 20 minutes, strain the broth from the shells. Top up with water if necessary to make 1.2 liters of broth. Pour the broth into the pan, lower the heat, close the lid. Separately, melt the butter, add shrimp meat, salt, pepper to it, fry for 2 minutes. Saute the chopped onion in vegetable oil, add the rice, fry until the rice absorbs the oil, add the wine, cook until it is absorbed. Add the broth to the rice, in 125 ml portions, each time waiting for the rice to soak into the water and only then adding more. Add shrimp, green pea, warm up, add parsley.

You can cook shrimp risotto, as well as any other seafood. This version of risotto can be consumed both hot and cold.

Risotto with shrimps cream sauce - delicious option risotto that can be easily prepared at home. All you have to do is take rice for risotto, fish broth and shrimp, add a little cream and ... very tasty dish ready!

Prepare all the ingredients for making risotto.

Onion cut into small cubes. Heat up in a frying pan vegetable oil and sauté the onion until translucent, 3-4 minutes.

Put the rice in the pan with the onions.

Saute until translucent, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.

After that, pour dry white wine into the pan. Let the alcohol evaporate, 2-3 minutes.

Pour one ladle into the pan fish broth. Cook the risotto until the broth has completely evaporated. Then add the broth again and continue cooking the risotto.

Let's taste the rice. When the rice becomes soft inside, but still retains its hardness, add the shrimp, which should first be cleaned of heads and shells, and the intestinal wreaths on the tail should also be removed. We cook the dish for 5-6 minutes.

At the very end of cooking risotto, add cream. We warm the dish for another 2-3 minutes.

Sprinkle the risotto with grated Parmesan cheese and remove the pan from the heat.

Description

Risotto with shrimps we will cook traditionally, according to all Italian customs. We will even use special rice. By the way, regular rice not suitable for making risotto. Therefore, if you are thinking about preparing this wonderful dish, check out exactly how you can cook risotto so that it matches the canons of Italian cuisine.

The specialty of this dish is the sauce. It is he who will saturate the rice and give it flavors. Since we are preparing a dish with shrimp, then we will have the appropriate sauce. Tomatoes go very well with seafood. We will try to convey such a flavor tandem in this recipe.

It is quite possible to cook a dish at home so that it does not differ from a restaurant one. The main thing is to carefully follow the instructions. We have prepared a step-by-step recipe for making tomato risotto with a photo below. Take advantage of it and prepare your own flavorful Italian shrimp dish with an amazing sauce for dinner.

Ingredients


  • (400 g)

  • (1 PC.)

  • (2 cloves)

  • (1 bank)

  • (450 g)

  • Shrimps
    (200 g)

  • (2 pinches)

  • (3 pinches)

  • (3 pcs.)

  • (3 pinches)

  • (600 ml)

  • (150 ml)

  • (2 tablespoons)

  • (taste)

  • (taste)

Cooking steps

    Prawns are best taken frozen. Prepare a deep voluminous pan, pour half a liter of water into it and put all the shrimp on its bottom. We also add fish seasoning and a few bay leaves. When the water boils and the shrimp are cooked, turn off the fire, catch the shrimp with a slotted spoon, cool and clean.

    Strain the broth through a sieve or cheesecloth, we still need it.

    Peel the red onion and finely chop with a sharp knife. You can also use a blender for this purpose.

    Prepare a heavy bottomed pan. In it we have to heat the olive oil.

    Peel and squeeze garlic into boiling oil. We also send finely chopped onion there. Fry the ingredients for a few minutes. Add a tablespoon of strained broth, mix.

    We send the washed rice to the pan with the onions, mix and cook the ingredients for 2 minutes over medium heat. Add three pinches of basil.

    Prepare a deep saucepan in advance, in which we will continue to cook risotto. Add the wine to the pan only when the rice is cooked enough and acquires some transparency. Bring to readiness over low heat for a few more minutes. Pour the mixture into a saucepan.

    Then half of the chopped tomato pulp is sent to the pan, as well as the juice in which they were closed. Mix thoroughly and cook rice in tomatoes over medium heat. As soon as some of the liquid has evaporated and the rice has become thick, add the remaining pulp and juice. Salt and pepper to taste.

    Tomato juice it will evaporate in the pan, so during the cooking process we pour about 300-400 milliliters of the previously strained broth into the pan, and when it has partially evaporated, another 100 milliliters of boiled water. Cook rice until soft, about 25 minutes.

    At the final stage of cooking, add the peeled boiled shrimp. Stir the risotto thoroughly and turn off the heat.

    Serve the dish on plates, decorate with chopped herbs and serve. Risotto with vegetables and shrimp is ready.

    Enjoy your meal!