Sometimes I see a recipe and I’m so enamored by the way it looks that I feel like I have to make it. That’s what happened when I saw this recipe for Beet & Beet Greens Risotto on Design Sponge. I’ve never had risotto or beets before, but I’ve wanted to try risotto for awhile now and the beets just looked so dang pretty that I felt compelled. I gathered all the ingredients and set out to make this dish for lunch last weekend. Overall the recipe was pretty easy to make, although I did get a little caught up chopping ingredients when I should have been stirring. But besides that minor issue, I pulled it off with only a few glitches. I didn’t have parsley, but I did have cilantro, so I added that instead. I know they’re different tastes, but i figured since I like cilantro so much it wouldn’t hurt. I don’t think it did. Also, the thought of adding horseradish to anything makes me shiver so I just added some ricotta instead.
I think the end result was ok. I was hoping there would be more flavor or something. I think I’d make it again, but I’d use it as a side dish to something else. It just didn’t do it as a whole meal. But hey, I tried two new things with one recipe. Pretty good.
beet & beet greens risotto
Sometimes I see a recipe and I’m so enamored by the way it looks that I feel like I have to make it. That’s what happened when I saw this recipe for Beet & Beet Greens Risotto on Design Sponge. I’ve never had risotto or beets before, but I’ve wanted to try risotto for awhile now and the beets just looked so dang pretty that I felt compelled. I gathered all the ingredients and set out to make this dish for lunch last weekend. Overall the recipe was pretty easy to make, although I did get a little caught up chopping ingredients when I should have been stirring. But besides that minor issue, I pulled it off with only a few glitches. I didn’t have parsley, but I did have cilantro, so I added that instead. I know they’re different tastes, but i figured since I like cilantro so much it wouldn’t hurt. I don’t think it did. Also, the thought of adding horseradish to anything makes me shiver so I just added some ricotta instead.
I think the end result was ok. I was hoping there would be more flavor or something. I think I’d make it again, but I’d use it as a side dish to something else. It just didn’t do it as a whole meal. But hey, I tried two new things with one recipe. Pretty good.
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