Jamie Oliver seafood risotto recipe - help find an old recipe that’s not online

[Mrs Miggins]

I wonder if anyone can help with this.

I used to have a brilliant seafood risotto recipe that had anchovies and chilli in it.

I’m convinced it was a Jamie Oliver recipe. It was in a book that had a risotto section and it had a basic risotto, a mushroom risotto, one with borlotti beans and this seafood one.

I'm sure it was Jamie Oliver because my sister was a big fan and she photocopied the section from the book and posted it to me. Those sheets of paper are long gone. My sister can’t remember the recipe, let alone which book it was in. I gave it to my friend years ago but she can’t remember it either.

It must have been one of Jamie’s early books as I think I remember her making these risottos when she lived in Germany which would have been mid 90s. I could be wrong about that though.

Does anyone have any idea?? I’m going to have to scour secondhand bookshops until I find it. I cannot find it online.

 

[Elpenor]

This one?

Pangrattato Risotto | Rice Recipes | Jamie Oliver Recipes

Pangrattato risotto is a really nice and simple risotto recipe with bold flavours; It served up to 8 people so it's a great dish to make when everyone pops over.

www.jamieoliver.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Not sure if this is the thing you're looking for Mrs Miggins

Pangrattato Risotto | Rice Recipes | Jamie Oliver Recipes

Pangrattato risotto is a really nice and simple risotto recipe with bold flavours; It served up to 8 people so it's a great dish to make when everyone pops over.

www.jamieoliver.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Snap Elpenor

 

[klang]

Pangrattato Risotto | Rice Recipes | Jamie Oliver Recipes

Pangrattato risotto is a really nice and simple risotto recipe with bold flavours; It served up to 8 people so it's a great dish to make when everyone pops over.

www.jamieoliver.com

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[farmerbarleymow]

This also has anchovy and chilli in it

Croatian-style cuttlefish risotto | Jamie Oliver recipes

Jamie Oliver and David Tennant cooked up this Croatian-inspired risotto-style fish stew, made with jet-black cuttlefish ink. It’s a gluten-free feast.

www.jamieoliver.com

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Thank you all but it’s not any of those. I’ve searched online pretty extensively and it’s not coming up.

I’m not wanting to sound ungrateful for your responses but the first place I looked was Jamie Oliver’s very long list of risottos on his website

I’m just hoping someone has or remembers the book so I can try to locate a copy.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It looks like his first book was published in 1999 based on a quick search (naked chef). That might be wrong though.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This looks like it lists all the recipes though you have to create an account

The Naked Chef | Eat Your Books

Browse and save recipes from The Naked Chef to your own online collection at EatYourBooks.com

www.eatyourbooks.com

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It looks like his first book was published in 1999 based on a quick search (naked chef). That might be wrong though.

Well my timeline is out then! Or maybe it’s not Jamie Oliver at all!!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Doesn't look like there is a risotto one in Naked Chef

The Naked Chef recipes |Jamie Oliver

Simple & delicious recipes from Jamie's first book!

www.jamieoliver.com

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Maybe it’s not Jamie Oliver then. Balls. I’m doomed to never find this recipe if I don’t even have that to go on!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I just remember my sister raving on about how brilliant Jamie Oliver’s mushroom risottto was.

The one thing I know for sure is it was a section in a book that had those 4 recipes in it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Could you see if you could borrow all his cookbooks from your local library in order to check if they contain it, and do the same for other telly cooks of the same era?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I think I may have to reinvent it. I can remember bits a pieces about it.

It had shallots, celery and vermouth. Butter, anchovies, red chilli and fish stock.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Could you see if you could borrow all his cookbooks from your local library in order to check if they contain it, and do the same for other telly cooks of the same era?

I’m going to have to try something like that. Secondhand bookshops might be a good place to start.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Probably best start with working out which telly chefs were about and publishing in the 90s and see if you can narrow down the search from there. My first thought was whether it could have been a nigella one - I do have her books from that era but they're in a box somewhere so can't check.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Anyway, I've got a bag of 500g of dried organic birds eye chillies so let me know if you want me to post any to you - I'll not get through all of them myself so happy to send some.

 

[Yossarian]

2005's Jamie's Italy has eight recipes in the risotto section including a seafood one with chili, but no specific mention of anchovies

 

[Mrs Miggins]

2005's Jamie's Italy has eight recipes in the risotto section including a seafood one with chili, but no specific mention of anchovies

Man, I got all excited then!! Thank you for replying though.

The one I seek definitely had anchovies because I remember fighting with my then husband about whether to include them as he hated them but they just disappear into the sauce.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Anyway, I've got a bag of 500g of dried organic birds eye chillies so let me know if you want me to post any to you - I'll not get through all of them myself so happy to send some.

That’s very kind of you and I’ll happily take some off you don’t mind! I’ll PM you.

 

[Epona]

Man, I got all excited then!! Thank you for replying though.

The one I seek definitely had anchovies because I remember fighting with my then husband about whether to include them as he hated them but they just disappear into the sauce.

Ah, if it's anchovies that go in first and are just cooked down to add umami to the first stage of the dish, that is a different thing than an anchovy risotto

It's sounding more like a basic risotto with anchovies added to flavour the butter

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That’s very kind of you and I’ll happily take some off you don’t mind! I’ll PM you.

No probs - just tell me how much weight-wise you want and I'll send them in the next week when I can get to the post office.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Ah, if it's anchovies that go in first and are just cooked down to add umami to the first stage of the dish, that is a different thing than an anchovy risotto

It's sounding more like a basic risotto with anchovies added to flavour the butter

Yes exactly that. The anchovies are a flavouring and they made the whole really great.

 

[Epona]

Yes exactly that. The anchovies are a flavouring and they made the whole really great.

This is Jamie Oliver's mushroom risotto recipe which is actually really good.

Mushroom risotto recipe | Jamie Oliver risotto recipes

Who doesn't love mushroom risotto? Jamie Oliver's vegetarian risotto recipe grills the mushrooms for a gorgeous, nutty flavour, plus. fresh herbs & Parmesan

www.jamieoliver.com

I recommend using that as a basic method - use shallots instead of onions, add anchovies at the same time as the shallots and squish them about in the pan until they break down.
Add some chilli and omit the mushrooms and adjust the herbs to whatever suits your needs and I think you've got a pretty good risotto going.

 

[ska invita]

Get AI to do the recipe

 

[Mrs Miggins]

This is Jamie Oliver's mushroom risotto recipe which is actually really good.

Mushroom risotto recipe | Jamie Oliver risotto recipes

Who doesn't love mushroom risotto? Jamie Oliver's vegetarian risotto recipe grills the mushrooms for a gorgeous, nutty flavour, plus. fresh herbs & Parmesan

www.jamieoliver.com

I recommend using that as a basic method - use shallots instead of onions, add anchovies at the same time as the shallots and squish them about in the pan until they break down.
Add some chilli and omit the mushrooms and adjust the herbs to whatever suits your needs and I think you've got a pretty good risotto going.

I think you’re right. That basic recipe seems about right. I’ll probably be able to recreate it more easily than find the actual recipe.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Get AI to do the recipe

O….M….F….G

That works!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I’m staggered

That seems right

How? How has it done that?!

 

[oryx]

I've just had a look in my copy of The Naked Chef. Is it this one?