| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 cups milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 cups Arborio rice
- 1/4 pound chopped bittersweet chocolate
- 2 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts
- Small piece white chocolate, to shave for garnish
Instructions
- Bring the milk, sugar and vanilla beans to a bare simmer over low heat for 10 minutes to infuse vanilla flavor. Remove the bean pods and keep the milk hot.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large saucepan over moderate heat. Stir in the rice and cook, stirring until the rice is hot, about 2 minutes. Begin adding the hot milk 1 cup at a time, stirring often and adding more milk when the previous addition has been absorbed. Adjust heat to maintain a nice simmer. It will take about 20 minutes for the rice to become creamy and al dente. It is possible you may not need all of the milk. Remove the risotto from the heat and stir in the remaining butter, and chopped chocolate. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts, shave white chocolate over the top and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 1386 |
| Total Fat | 55 g |
| Saturated Fat | 32 g |
| Carbohydrates | 204 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Sugar | 122 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 81 mg |
| Sodium | 221 mg |
Reviews
I make this recipe for my sister every year for her birthday. It does take time but she loves it.
I’ve had something similar in a restaurant and loved it . This recipe is all wrong. Yield 4 servings? I think it might come out better with 1 cup of rice. I might try this again. Those of you who had success, did you use arborio rice. Anyways, the results have to go into the trash. I’ m glad I got my vanilla at a bulk rate.
I followed recipe as written EXCEPT I used Minute Brand rice…only one in kitchen. The only other difference…I then followed minute rice cooking directions. Delicious…texture and flavor! Annie , Fremont , CA
This recipe was AMAZING!
Im 15 (no joke) and I executed this easy, in the time limit with the ingredients no problem!
To those of you who had problems don’t stir constantly, and cover the rice between stirs.
I found the recipe very accurate and the flavors were amazing!
note: It’s smart to read the reviews before you make and recipe…
(I encourage everyone who had a hard time to try it again)
This recipe makes a risotto pudding NOT rice pudding. There is a huge difference. It definitely took more than 20 minutes, but I didn’t need to use anymore liquid than what was called for. 2 cups of Arborrio does yield quite a bit. I divided the cooked rice into three batches for variety: one chocolate, one with cinnamon and raisins and one with dried cranberries. All are excellent (winning my wife’s seal of approval, two thumbs up and a little bit of mouth drool) This will definitely be made again!
It took over one gallon of milk, 2 hours, and my risotto was still crunchy. I would never make any of his recipes again. I think he left out some of the recipe to preserve his “poetic License”!!! It looked nothing like his, and tasted like weak chocolate flavored pre-school paste.
I agree that the people who are talking about texture are not correctly softening the rice. Learn proper techniques! Risotto is a labor of love and you cannot rush it do not try if you cannot spend time. Great flavor and texture the hazelnuts were awesome.
well u people do not know how to cook because a risotto takes time because u must wait for the aribo rice to soften or leave a bit hard not much and then let it steam in the pot after…add all your ingredients and then let it sit becasue my risotto came out fine you people must not know how to cook
I should have read the reviews first! It turned into cement, never softened and was time consuming and expensive. Don’t waste your time and money!
I always make recipes from the food network, and unfortunatly this was a mistake. It takes too much time and I was working with it for over 20 minutes. It felt like it would never cook. The flavor was there, but it was crunchy. Maybe next time it should be made with regular white rice, then it won’t take as long.