Vegan Risotto Cakes
By: May
Published: Monday, August 16, 2010 - 12:18pm

Ingredients




Risotto:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, chopped
1 tablespoon thyme, finely chopped
1 cup Arborio rice
1/4 cup chardonnay wine
lemon
salt and pepper
1 box of No-Chicken Broth, 32 oz
Sauce:
2 teaspoons white truffle oil
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1 large ripe tomato, skinless, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 teaspoons chardonnay wine
salt and pepper to taste
Making the cakes:
oil for frying
Panko bread crumbs

Preparation

1 Risotto: 2 Heat the broth in a pan and keep warm on the stove top. In a medium size sauce pan, add the oil and heat over medium low. Once the oil is heated, add the onions and saute until slightly softened. Add the garlic and mushrooms and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Add the thyme and rice and stir so the rice is coated. Add the wine and stir for a few minutes until the alcohol is cooked out. Now begin adding the broth, one or two ladles at a time. Stir the rice and as the rice absorbs the broth add more. Stir constantly and repeat the process of adding more broth as needed until little or no broth is left. This process will take approximately 25 minutes. Add the salt and pepper to taste. Finally, give it a liberal squeeze of fresh lemon juice, to taste. 3 Sauce: 4 Warm the truffle oil in a saute pan and add the garlic. Saute only until it becomes aromatic. Add the tomato and tomato paste and cook until it pulls together and becomes slightly thickened. Add the chardonnay and cook 2 minutes more. Season to taste. 5 Making the Cakes: 6 Using a 1/4 C measure, measure out the risotto and press into cake like shapes. Dip the cakes in panko bread crumbs covering completely. Heat the oil in a saute pan and lay the cakes into the oil. Cook until browned and flip over browning the other side. Serve with a small dollop of tomato sauce.

About


The recipe was inspired by a couple of things... a dish I had at an Italian restaurant years ago (I've dreamed about it ever since) and some freshly picked ripe tomatoes that my sister-in-law gave me. Buon appetito!