Seafood Risotto

Saw mussels and clams in Cold Storage and the price is super low. Half a kg of mussels only at $1.24 and 0.700kg of clams at $2.12. Cheap right!!! I did not use everything, i only use probably only 10 pcs each. Haha...

Wanted to do Seafood Paella, but I cannot find my saffron. Therefore did Risotto. I like the sweet taste of the seafood. Usually I would add cheese to it but today I left it out instead. There is no wine too, so I substitute with mirin. Oh I use Happy Call Pan for easier and faster cooking! Yeah!

Seafood Risotto

Ingredients:
12 Mussels
12 Clams
5 Tiger Prawns
1 Squid
5 slices of Ham - cut into inch sizes
1 Japanese Cucumber - small cubes
1 Carrot - small cubes
3 cloves Garlic
2cm thick Butter
300ml Chicken Stock
100ml water
8 tbsp Mirin
3/4 cup Arborio Rice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Dried Basil
1 tsp Bay Leave - powdered in bottle kind
Some Coarse Pepper

Method:
1) Melt butter in heated pan
2) Add in garlic for 20sec and then ham for about 1min
3) Add in rice and stir fry for 1-2mins
4) Add in mirin and chicken stock and simmer
5) After 8mins, open HCP and add in cucumber and carrots then cover
6) After 8mins again, add in spices, mussels and clams then cover again
7) After 5mins, add prawns an squid, then cover
8) After 10mins, add salt and pepper
9) Serve

Note:
- In between cooking, do remember to stir them and mix well
- Cooking time varies as kitchen appliances, etc used are different. Hence test before serving
- Eat while its still hot, it does not taste good when its cool

Though the freshness in the seafood brings sweetness to the rice but to compare I would still prefer meat. Meat brings not only sweetness but the taste would definitely stronger.