Risotto alla Milanese with Slow-Cooked Beef Cheeks
Description: Risotto alla Milanese with slow-cooked beef cheeks is a restaurant quality dish that's easy to make at home. It's comforting, rich and perfect for this time of year, when you want to make something special for family and friends.
Ingredients
- 600g beef cheeks
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 2 small carrot, roughly chopped
- 2 small celery stalk, roughly chopped
- 1 heaped tbsp tomato paste
- 500ml dry red wine
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig thyme
- 8 juniper berries
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 360g Vialone Nano rice (or carnoroli or arborio)
- 1 small onion
- 60g unsalted butter
- 100ml dry white wine
- 1.6L vegetable stock
- 1 tsp saffron threads
- 60g Grana Padano
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- The full recipe is available on the author's website (link in bio).