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Re: Why am I so incompetent at cooking rice?
« Reply #50 on: 01 April, 2023, 04:29:51 pm »
Enter time-machine.
go back 24 hours
Return to kitchen
put rice in saucepan with exactly 15mm of water
Enter time machine
return to present
Enter kitchen, simmer rice until steaming, serve hot without draining
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Re: Why am I so incompetent at cooking rice?
« Reply #51 on: 10 December, 2023, 08:13:26 pm »
Recently I've been making risotto using this recipe https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/26/no-stir-risotto-recipe-felicity-cloake-masterclass but finding it a bit mushy at the end because I have to stir it to keep it from sticking.
So tonight I made a bastardised version of that and the advice in this thread which I record here for posterity:

1 softened shallot in butter
200g carnaroli rice (not rinsed), heated on the shallot
A splash of vermouth. When that's gone:
400ml of stock (mine was made with 2 TSP of veg bouillon
Stir once. When boiling I turned it off (it's in a cast iron pan)
Once most of the liquid was absorbed I added another 100ml of stock and turned the hob on again briefly while I cooked my fish.
Butter and parmesan stirred in at the end.
Much better.
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Re: Why am I so incompetent at cooking rice?
« Reply #52 on: 11 December, 2023, 04:37:33 pm »
Obviously what's needed is a combination breadmaker / rice cooker.
Pretty sure my rice cooker has a bread option.

It definitely has a cake option.

Not that I've used it for anything except rice.

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Re: Why am I so incompetent at cooking rice?
« Reply #53 on: 11 December, 2023, 05:01:51 pm »
Cross-referencing other threads...

Can you make risotto in it?
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Re: Why am I so incompetent at cooking rice?
« Reply #54 on: 11 December, 2023, 05:36:30 pm »
Cross-referencing other threads...

Can you make risotto in it?

It depends on whether you are working for BIG KITCHEN or making paella, I suppose.

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Re: Why am I so incompetent at cooking rice?
« Reply #55 on: 11 December, 2023, 06:02:47 pm »
Making risotto in your own kitchen
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