What else to serve with a risotto?

[Lastcenturymum]

I'm having the fam for dinner tomorrow night and thought I would make a big risotto (there goes an hour of my life:D) - it will be a leek, sweet potato, chicken one.

But it seems a bit weird to just slop down a bowl of risotto in front of each person, even though it is filling. Should I have some dishes of something else on the table. Garlic bread seems a bit filling and salad doesn't really go. What do you think? There won't really be time for 'nibbles' first.

Also dessert? We don't do rich sweet things and I often do a fruit salad but I think it's become a joke about mum only being able to do fruitsalad :p Maybe fruitsalad and fruche and meringue cups or something like that?

[MimiGrace]

Would a nice antipasta platter work?
you could make it with some frenchsticks or garclic bread?
not really good on what else to make.

I'd probably just make a big bowl, and then serve each person on the table (instead of bringing a bowl- that would seem weirder to me :p)

For dessert, i love the fruit salad idea. maybe with meringues or cream?

otherwise get one of those ready cake bases, and just top it with fruit and gelatin/jelly.

Have fun at your family meet

[chunkydunks]

My first thought was a salad. Or DH is suggesting a nice crusty bread.

[NibbleCurlynBub]

:yes: I'd go a really nice loaf of bread, thickly sliced.


Maybe something like a big Pasta Dura or similar.

For dessert, grab some meringue nests and a box of frozen berries and some really nice cream. Just pile some cream and some berries on top of each meringue nest and serve. Super super easy.

[hunnybunny]

:yes: I think some nice crusty bread too.

Hmm not sure on dessert, fruit salad sounds great to me but I love the stuff so its always good! Maybe something simple like fresh berries and ice cream?

[SmileyBJ]

Salad and crusty bread sounds nice.

Tiramisu for dessert?? :)

[zenifa]

When I cook risotto we love to have a side salad with it - as it adds to the vegie content, has different tastes and textures and makes it seem less 'gluggy' IYKWIM?
Rice (arborio) is a carb, so to have bread with it (although very yummy esp homemade garlic bread), it is just too filling/bloating for us, but its up to you!

For a dessert, i think little meringues with fruit salad and cream or ice cream sounds pretty good to me!!

[Tasma]

I've never heard of serving Risotto with something else as well. Whenever I've eaten Risotto at a restaurant, that's what I've gotten - a bowl of Risotto :laughing:

Personally I'd just serve the Risotto and then follow up with a dessert, maybe fruit salad and yoghurt or ice-cream?

[jag5000]

I'd serve it in individual bowls LCM. That way you can garnish and dress it up before you serve it... a small spoon on sour cream, a few shavings of parmesan and some chopped scattered herbs. To me that makes all the difference between 'slopped in a bowl' and 'oh wow.. isn't that lovely' :D

oh, oh, I just thought.... you could make parmesan crisps to really dress it up! make circles of parmesan on a baking tray (I use egg rings to get them really nice) and bake for about 3 - 5 mins in a hot oven until they are melted and bubbly.. let cool and crisp up. I can see a dollop of sour cream, a crisp stood up in the cream and some scattered chives... hmmmmm