Adapted from Food & Wine's Slow Cooker and Vegetable Risotto and What The Fork's for Dinner: Asiago and Shrimp Risotto
Ingredients:
4 1/2 Cups chicken broth
3/4 to 1lb. Raw, shrimp in shells
1 Cup thin asparagus, diced into 1-2 inch pieces
3 Tablespoons of butter
1 small yellow onion, diced
2 Cups Aborio rice
1/3 Cup fresh Parsley, chopped fine
1 Cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese
Salt and Pepper
1 Fresh Lemon, juiced
Method:
Prepare Crock pot: Grease inside with a 1-2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil, or use a Crock pot Liner. Turn on High setting
Prepare Broth: In a Medium size saucepan, heat chicken broth on medium high. Once the broth is steamy and hot, reduce heat to medium and cover to prevent evaporation.
Prepare Veggies:
Melt 3 Tablespoons of butter. As the pan warm and toss in the onions and cook a few minutes. Add Risotto, toss in asparagus.
Stir and let the rice toast. The rice up is ready when the rice becomes translucent with a small white dot in the center of the grain.
Transfer rice to Slow Cooker, pour hot broth over and cover.
Cook for approximately 1 hour.
While Risotto is cooking, Shell shrimp. Add about half the parsley to shrimp, toss the other half in the crock pot. Add 2-3 fresh Tablespoons of lemon juice, and 2-3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil. Season with salt and pepper and cover and chill in refrigerator.
Grate Cheese, Pour wine or open beer and enjoy. (Wash Dishes!)
About the last 15 Minutes left on the slow cooker, turn the broiler on. Arrange Grate to 4 inches from the heat source.
Give the risotto a few stirs, add the cheese and stir a few more times and cover.
Line a shallow pan with foil. Add shrimp. Cook for approximately 5- 6minutes or opaque and pink in color. Jumbo
Shrimp check at 7 mins.
Add risotto to bowl and top with shrimp.
Pairings:
Beer
Blue Moon- White Belgian Alewith a hint of citrus
Linenkugel - Honeyweiss, Wheat smooth taste
Linenkugel - Canoepaddler, brewed with Rye, slightly drier finish
Wine
Riesling
Chardonnay - Kendal Jackson Reserve is excellent with seafood. It has a rich smooth almost buttery taste to it, with a medium body.