Seafood Risotto (Risotto ai frutti di mare) with carrot cream soup

Today hubby placed order for a risotto as he missed the food in Italy so much. So today I decided to prepare a Seafood Risotto (Risotto ai frutti di mare). Since only two of us I did not want to make big portion, instead of going to wet market to buy 2 kg of fish and seafood to make own fish stock, I bought a pack of risotto with fish stock powder. I also needed  a mixture of seafood – I love mussels, clams, prawns, sliced squid n diced octopus. For convenience, you can find the frozen assorted seafood pack from shop. Today I bought one pack with all the seafood I needed and its size allowed me to do three times so I divided them  into 3 portions which cost only $30 and stored the rest of 2 portions in freezer for future use.

Seafood Risotto

Ingredients:

risotto rice: 1 pack (for two portion) with fish stock powder

mussels, clams, prawns, sliced squid, diced octopus: 500 g,1 kg if with shells

parmesan cheese: 50 g (grated)

parsley & tomato: some (chopped)

Seasonings:

chicken powder: 1 tbsp

olive oil: 1 tbsp

sugar: 1/2 tsp

water: 500 ml

pepper: some

Season the seafood with chicken powder if they are frozen ones, no need to season if they are fresh. Fry the seafood with olive oil (1 tbsp) till half done and then remove them from heat. Pour the water into a saucepan, add the pack of risotto, sugar & salt, stirr well and then bring it to boil, stir thoroughly until it boils, then turn to medium heat and leave it to cook for 15 mins without a lid till sauce thickens and risotto gets softened but sticky. Add the fried seafood, parsley & tomato and add a bit water if need, cook for 5 mins. Drizzle pepper and sprinkle grated parmesan, stir till cheesy and done!

You always need a soup to kick off a risotto. Today I made a  carrot cream soup as I still have some carrot left (but I didnt really use cream but milk for better diet).  Steps, easy:

Carrot cream soup

Ingredients:

carrot:  2 sticks

milk: 200 ml

water: 50ml

Seasonings:

chicken powder: 1 tbsp

salt: 1 tsp

Simply peel, dice the carrot as usual. Pour milk & water into blender, and then add also the carrot. Blend them until smoothened. Pour them into a pot n bring to heat till boiling. Put the soup in bowls and drizzle some pepper. Ready to serve!