Sea cicadas risotto with parsley recipe


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How to make risotto with sea cicadas, recipe with parsley and white wine with cooking in the broth obtained by boiling the shellfish.


Ingredients for 4 portions

- Parsley

- Pepolino or thyme


- White wine

- Olive oil

- Rice gr. 300


- Cicadas gr. 500

- 4 cloves of garlic

- Salt and pepper


Preparation of risotto with sea cicadas

Wash the cicadas and boil them, for a quarter of an hour, in a liter of salted water to which you will have added a glass of white wine, a little pepolino and 2 cloves of garlic.

Let them cool in their broth, cut them in two lengthwise and extract their pulp.

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In another saucepan, brown 6 finely chopped garlic and parsley in 6 tablespoons of oil, before the garlic takes on color, add the flesh of the cicadas.

Add a little salt and cook for 5 minutes, then pour in the rice. Let it toast for a few minutes, then cook the rice with the cicada broth.

Finally add more chopped parsley and serve the risotto with pepper.

Jamie Oliver Ambient Italian and Mediterranean Range (April 2024)


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