Tuna Risotto and rice+prasley cakes

Una amiga de Twitter me pregunto por la receta de nuestra cena de hoy. Aquí va...

A Twitter friend of mine asked me for the recipe Nory and I did tonight. Here it is Hibi. I hope it is well explained in english (I have never written a recipe in english before ;)

* For the Tuna Risotto:

First you must put 4 red tomatoes on the mixer with half an onion and a half of fresh spanish paprika. Mix for about two minutes until the mix is liquid. Add two coup of water and mix.

Put the mix in a pot at high fire and let it boil. Let it boil cover for about 5 minutes and then set fire at the lower available to keep the mix hot.

Then you must deep fry in another pot with two tablespoon of corn oil the other half of the onion (previously cut in little pieces) and two tablespoon of spanish paprika (also in little pieces). Add a couple of crushed garlic and a big can of tuna fish (about 180 grams) and a coup of raw rice and fry for one minute. Add a half coup of water to cut the frying process and salt+pepper. Let it boils at higher fire and then set the fire at 1/3. Keep moving/mixing the rice every 2 or 3 minutes.

Now it's the tricky part of the risotto: You must add the tomato mix every time the rice starts to be dry. Don't let the rice get dry at all but add one bucket of tomato mix every time the rice starts to be dry. Mix the rice and the tomato mix every time. This must be done about every 3 or 5 minutes. After three or four times, the rice starts to be creamy. If the tomato mix ends, continue with water until the rice is soft enough to be eaten.

At the end, you must have a soft rice in a creamy tomato mix. Serve hot and add parmesan if you like it.

* For the rice and parsley cake recipe:

This cakes works as companion.

You must have a coup of coked rice. Put this rice in a bowl and mix with 1/4 of onions (cut in little pieces) and three tablespoon of fine cut parsley. Add 2 eggs, salt and pepper and mix. Add flour until the mix is thick (about 2 or 3 tablespoons). If the mix is too tick, add some drops of milk.

Take a pan (Teflon pan) and add couple of drops of oil (corn oil) and put it over the kitchen at 3/4 of fire power. When the pan is hot enough, add part of the mix (about two tablespoon) and spread it like a pancake and let it cook for about 1,5 minutes or until you can turn it over the pan. Let it cook for about one more minute. Do the same with the rest of the mix.

You can spread Philadelphia cheese over this cakes. That makes them perfect.

About the fish food, I'm sorry, it was already done by my mom and then frozen until now, but it was easy: Take a pot of mom's frozen fish soup and put it on the fire until it is hot. If you want you can add potatoes and parsley and cook it until the potatoes are soft.

Final instructions: The perfect companion for this food is a bottle of chilean wine (La Huerta, Reserva Especial) and a couple of aromatic candles. Enjoy!

Chucho!