CHALLENGE #1 - all welcome to join in!

[brazen20au]

FIRST CHALLENGE: make a variation on the risotto AND / OR rice pudding recipe from the EDC (see below). could be a minor change like chicken for mushrooms, or a major change! bring it on!

please share your recipe or at least outline your modifications, and bonus points for pictures and reviews

we'll keep the challenge actively open for around 2 weeks (flexible depending on what we need) but feel free to have a go and post even if it's a month or a year down the track...

go for it!

PS: will sticky each challenge thread to the top of the board, until we move on, at which time i'll unsticky and include the link in the new challenge thread.

Recipes for a starting point:
ILB's risotto for demos http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1575.msg13437#msg13437
Thermomixer's april 2007 EDC version http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1392.msg10743#msg10743
baf's version for demos http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1392.msg10458#msg10458

Pumpkin Risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1078.0
Failsafe chicken risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=975.0
Apricot Chicken Risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1580.0
mushroom & chestnut risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=144.0
tuna risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=665.0
chicken of the woods risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1235.0

Spanish Rice Pudding http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=640.0
breakfast risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=932.0
caramelised apple risotto pudding http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=874.0
white choc risotto http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1554.0
portuguese milk rice http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=873.0

[judydawn]

I've done my homework Karen but I just can't get it to print.  The ingredients list shows up when I preview it but then there are all these squiggles where the instructions are supposed to be.  Anyone else having problems or is it just me.

[brazen20au]

what are you trying to print out Judy?

there is a rice pudding recipe in the EDC, but it's not posted on the board yet so i couldn't link to it.

[judydawn]

I was trying to put my rice pudding recipe onto this thread, isn't that what we are supposed to do.  I made a few changes to it after it was cooked and am currently doing the tweaked version of my conversion so now have to wait a few more hours until it has cooked and gone cold - it is not a hot rice pudding. 

[brazen20au]

ahhh i see what you mean, so not printing it, but trying to put it into here. want to email it to me and i'll have a go? brazen20 at hotmail.com

[judydawn]

OK Karen let's see how we go this time.  My second batch was far superior to the first one anyway so hopefully, was worth the wait.

Chocolate Rice Pudding - a conversion and alteration of a recipe by Giada De Laurentiis (for the better but don't tell her )
1.13 litres milk (I used skim)
150g arborio rice
110g sugar
1.5 tspns orange zest, finely chopped
1 tspn vanilla essence
l lightly beaten egg
1.5 tblspns orange liqueur (I used Triple Sec)
1 cup milk chocolate bits (sorry forgot to weigh them)

Place the milk and rice in the TM bowl and cook 35 mins 90^o on Reverse, speed 1.
Add the sugar, zest, vanilla and egg through the lid and continue to mix for a few seconds.
Add liqueur and choc bits and stir on Reverse, 90^o Speed 2 for 1 minute.
Allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes.  Stir on reverse every 3 minutes for 20 seconds.
Spoon into serving bowls - glass stemmed ones look nice.
Refrigerate 3 hours.

Can be made up to a day ahead.

[I Love Bimby!]

That looks great Judy! 
How do you think that would go with mandarine zest instead ( I have HEAPS of them at the moment).

Brazen,
Is there a winner at the end of the challenge? Or is it just to get our creative juices flowing? 

[judydawn]

Why not ILB - only problem would be the zesting of it, surely would be harder than a nice firm orange to get the zest off. No point buying oranges when you have plenty of mandarines though.   

   

[I Love Bimby!]

Thanks Judy. I might just give it a try anyway. I'm a bit of a mandarine freak when they're in season - and Miss 3 is taking after me 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

That sounds lovely JD.  You have inspired me to get started on the challenge. 

[judydawn]

Yes, go for it Chelsea - it certainly gets everyone interested having a challenge like this.  Was a great idea from Karen to get it going. I've done my bit so I can sit back and watch what everyone else is going to come up with.  Mind you there was one other rice pudding recipe that intrigued me so if I get time, I may even have a go at that too. Have to eat this lot first though.

[brazen20au]

more to get lots of new recipes ILB but if people want to vote on a "winner" we can not sure we'd get to actually try all the recipes though so it would just be voting off the recipe / picture

[Thermomixer]

I can send the first couple of winners an oldish (last year?) copy of The Australian Gourmet Traveller Annual cookbook - but then maybe they won't want it 

[judydawn]

Can't see any of us knocking back a cook-book Thermomixer - got to keep filling those bookshelves up

[marmee]

I am no good with photos...here is my recipe from last night.  I reckon this recipe would be very forgiving - I just threw things in and weighed as I went.  Turned out pretty good.

Cacciatore Chicken Risotto

1 onion
1 or 2 cloves garlic
parsley/herbs of choice
100 - 200g bacon
500g chicken, diced (or "dice" it yourself in the TMX prior to step 1)
300g rice
675g liquid chicken stock (or water with your own homemade stock)
tin crushed tomatoes
splash of wine (red or white) - optional
1 Tablespoon tomato paste (optional)
parmesan cheese to serve

* Blitz garlic, onion and herbs, 5 sec, speed 5.
* Add bacon. 3 sec, speed 4 (or until chopped to liking)
* Cook 3 mins, 100 deg,  speed 1.
* Add butterfly.
* Add in all except chicken and cheese.  Cook 10 mins, 100 deg,  speed 1
* Add chicken.  Cook 10-13 mins, 100 deg,  speed 1 (check after 10mins - want to see the liquid absorbed)
* Rest in thermoserver 5 mins and serve sprinkled with cheese, salt and pepper if desired.