Monday, October 17, 2011

Beet risotto

Today at work we made an intense, eye appealing dish, beet risotto.

To make the risotto that pink color, we made a beet gastrique, which is essentially a simple syrup but with vinegar instead of water. It is reduced until the vinegar is cooked out. The beets are then steeped and then strained once appropriate color achieved. The gastrique is then added to the rice along with diced beets and then you have yourself pink beet risotto.

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