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Ted's Simple Summer Specialities

Ted the dog has put together a couple of his favourite simple summer specialities to enjoy in the summer months.

Summer Risotto

225gm Arborio rice

1.5 litres of hot vegetable stock

1 small onion diced

1 cup of fresh garden peas

30gm butter

100gms parmesan cheese grated

2tbsp olive oil

Method

• Sweat the onion in the olive oil
• Add the rice and stir for a few minutes over a medium heat
• Add a ladleful of hot stock and stir till absorbed
• Keep adding stock ladle by ladle, stirring all the while till all the stock has been absorbed, it takes about 20 minutes
• Turn the heat off, add butter and parmesan then leave to sit for  a few minutes
• Shake the pot/pan to mix rather than stirring

Easy Strawberry Yoghurt Ice Cream

500gms of English strawberries

150gms icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

500gm Organic Greek yoghurt

Method

• Liquidise the strawberries, sugar and vanilla
• Fold through yoghurt
• Either freeze in ice lolly moulds or freeze in a shallow dish
• Beat with a hand held whisk after 2 hours
• Try to whisk every hour after that till frozen
• If you have an ice cream machine obviously use it!  

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