Rice with Hazel Grouse (Italian Risotto)
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 2 штук hazel grouse (ryabchik)
- 1 1/2 stakan rice
- 1 1/2 ложки butter
- 1 1/2 ложки table (cooking) oil
- 1/2 луковица onion
- 4 1/2 stakans grouse bouillon
- 1 ложка tomato purée
- 1 штук fresh tomato
- 8-10 штук champignon mushrooms
- 1/8-1/4 funt Parmesan
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Roast and slice grouse; boil the carcass to 4½ glasses bouillon.
- Fry rice with optional onion in butter, add bouillon and fried tomato purée, season, and stew crumbly; fork in Parmesan.
- Layer in a buttered pan with grouse, champignons, and fresh tomato; top with butter and cheese and bake to brown.