Which meat with spinach risotto?

[Jan Primus]

I will be having my folks over for dinner and want to serve them a spinach risotto with some nice meat, what do ya recommend? I was debating between rack of lamb, beef tenderloin roast, or tuna...also which seasonings to go with the recomended meat would be most apprecitated. TIA.

[Sunny Simmons Steincamp]

Hee. Oddly enough, I just made risotto w/shiitake mushrooms & asparagus to go with seared tuna the other night. I imagine the spinach risotto would go right nicely with lamb, though... in fact it sounds good enough to eat (and it's just after 5:30am here!)

[markemorse]

Lamb was the first thing that popped into my mind as well. Or shrimp, using a shrimp stock in the risotto as well.

Seasonings: for lamb I'd do thyme or oregano, and with shrimp rosemary or fresh basil.

Good luck...

mark

[GTO]

How about a nice roasted Ham?

[GordonCooks]

Personally, I do pork tenderloins wrapped in pancetta or roasted chicken.

[Pontormo]

Spinach goes with just about anything.

I'd consider serving a simple, complementary risotto--e.g.--mushroom--as a first course as is traditional, then perhaps lamb as your main course with sautéd spinach as a side dish.

It's interesting how risotto has replaced Anglo-Americanized pilafs as a side dish. There are some excellent Middle-Eastern and Indian recipes for rice with spinach and onions. Finely chopped (parboiled or thawed frozen) spinach is cooked in either butter (or ghee) or olive oil for a long time until it turns dark and very dry. Then minced onion and rice are added until rice is coated and onion soft. Spices. Hot broth. Cover and simmer till done.

Edited February 20, 2007 by Pontormo (log)

[Lesley C]

Grilled veal chops.

Easy and delicious, though if you get nice fat ones, expensive.