The Fuzzy Chef & Friends

This is the first of the two risottos we made for the class, to demonstrate the easy, low-attention way of making risotto, for weeknights when both you and your sweetie are tired and you can't deal with a high-attention dish.  It's the dark-colored of the two risottos above.  Pictures of the cooking steps supplied by Matt Sonic!  Click through for recipe.

The subject of this first class was risotto, the traditional northern Italian rice dish.  I wanted to both demystify risotto, which I think many Californians regard as very gourmet rather than the simple country dish it is, and show the basic techniques.  Once you have the techniques, you can make any kind of risotto you want, based on what you find in the market or what you happen to have in the fridge.  I'll follow up this post with recipes.