Hello Dear Reader,
We've had rain, wind and storms and every time I open the front door bits of garden and shrubbery get swept into the house! It's just the weather for a chicken pie! In the absence of pastry, although I will get round to gluten free pastry, I decided that the contents of the pie could go into a risotto.
You will need
2 chicken breast or thigh in cubes
500ml of vegetable or chicken stock
2 leeks - chopped
1 cup of mixed frozen veg
2" of chorizo - also chopped
200g of arborio rice
10ml of oil
10g of butter
3 finely chopped garlic cloves
1 heaped tablespoon of parmesan - I found a dried similar cheese for a lot less.
Add all the other ingredients except the rice and stock and stir well
Stir through until the chicken and leek are cooked.
Add all the stock at once, no faffing around here!
Stir over a gentle heat until all the stock is absorbed and the rice is cooked just as you like it. This can take around 15 - 20 minutes. Stirring constantly.
Serve with a sprinkle of the cheese on top of each on. I know!!! It's not a chicken pie but it doesn't have any gluten and it does have that comfort that only a risotto can bring on a cold night.
Over to you Dear Reader. Who else is being battered by terrible weather? Who else is traveling to work in driving rain and coming home to a garden full of branches?
As an aside, there are plenty of gluten free products on Approved Food at the moment. I've just taken delivery of lots of very much reduced items to keep me going to a while, including gluten free stuffing mix so I can make faggots.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxxxxxx