javachick:
Sweet Potato Risotto
2 medium sweet potatoes
1⁄4 cup olive oil, divided
4 cups hot vegetable stock, divided
1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 1⁄2 cups arborio rice (12-ounce package)
3⁄4 cup white wine (white grape juice will suffice)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
1 1⁄2 teaspoons thyme leaves
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon salt
3⁄4 teaspoons black pepper
Preheat oven to 350o F.
Peel sweet potatoes and cut in half. Cut half the sweet potatoes into 1⁄4-inch diced and set aside. Cut the remaining sweet potatoes into 1-inch chunks. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil and roast until soft about 30 minutes. Puree in a food processor with 1⁄4 cup chicken stock. Reserve.
In a large saucepan heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and sauté onion and small diced sweet potatoes over medium high heat. Cook about 3 minutes until softened but not browned. Add garlic and arborio rice and cook 2-3 minutes stirring frequently. Stir in wine or white grape juice. Cook, stirring until completely absorbed.
In the same manner add hot stock, 1⁄2 cup at a time, stirring until each addition is completely absorbed and stock is used up. Add sweet potato puree, rosemary, thyme, butter and Parmesan. Simmer on low for 10 minutes or until your risotto is soft and all liquid has been absorbed!
Huh. So that extra money I was all freaked out about? It was definitely a special extra something. But the description? Isn't in the list of abbreviations. So maybe it was a bonus. Not sure how to ask my boss. Probably subtly check with HR, since I'm friends with a couple of them.
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And stirring and stirring and stirring and...
Woot!! Extra money = good!
Speaking of extra money -- I'm getting a UPS shift this afternoon! (With a woman driver/supervisor, too!) Only for a couple hours, which is fine because I figure I have to build up my endurance anyway.
Plus it's in the Back Bay and the pickup point is only blocks away from the contracting firm long-shot interview I have two hours earlier, so I can go hang out in the library in Copley Square inbetween and be unruffled and unhurried.
Or you can come to my house! Actually, I'm expecting UPS today, so maybe you can come to my house either way...
I want to go to Jesse's house!
Is it weird that I am actually looking forward to going back to work? It helps that this is going to be sort of a boondoogle day--I am going up to SF because the head librarian for the firm will be there, so I have a 20 minute meeting with her, then we get to go out to lunch at a really good restaurant (the Slanted door), then I get to meet JZ and megan walker for drinks after work.
Heh. You know, I really might indeed be on that very delivery run! I'll check through the packages to be sure. I know the driver has Newbury Street... so I should be close, anyway!
That would be kind of hilarious! Good luck with the interview!
Unsalted butter- it is way better for cooking, IMHO. It's just as easily available in stores around here as salted butter.
I grew up with salted butter but converted to unsalted when I joined forces with Tom.
When we actually put something on a piece of bread or bagel or whatnot, we use the buttery spread which has a nice flavor to it, I assume it's lightly salted.
Too bad UPS typically won't actually come up to my apartment... and actually, I think UPS is usually a guy. I have gotten more stuff mail order in the past month than I did in years in my old place. Being at home makes it much more appealling!
