What a discovery! Hardly any stirring to do, no agonizing about how cooked the rice is, how hard it should stay, at what point it turns soggy...it's risotto without the usual hassle. Well it is true, that, after Nigella, I sometimes find that stirring endlessly for half an hour brings some form of comfort to the overactive soul, but really, I like my risotto well done, and not medium or even worse rare (something I was served in a wannabe trendy Munich bar/restaurant/beergarden and which put me off risotto-eating out of home). And this means stirring longer and agonizing longer over whether the risotto's really done, and sometimes missing the turning point and finding yourself with a not delicious block of stodgy overcooked mess. So I was really chuffed when I lifted the lid off my Le C. to find that my risotto had absorbed all of the stock, was delightfully well-cooked and still retained a little bite. The egg and cream preparation just had to be mixed in and already it stopp...
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