Strangely enough we have also just tried the Mushroom Risonitto. Well actually I just did the eating as my husband decided that he would do the
cooking while I took a break from the kitchen. Tristan watched Theo cut up the
mushrooms and measure out all the various ingredients from his high chair – I think
Theo thought he had eaten a raw mushroom but I found it later stuck under the
washing machine. I had bought button mushrooms and chestnut mushrooms, and we
happened to have a selection of dry mushrooms too. I had just been to Tesco and
bought a few of those handy cartons of white wine so we didn’t need to open a
bottle.
I adore mushrooms, but goodness this dish was almost too
mushroomy even for me! The orzo didn’t stick together thankfully, and the dish
was deliciously creamy. However I’m not sure I would make it again or, if I
did, I would use fewer chestnut mushrooms. I hadn’t realised that button mushrooms
have pretty much no taste at all – a bit like cheap tomatoes which aren’t cut
from the vine. You seem to pay extra for flavour these days which is a bit
depressing. Sainsbury's use the label 'Taste the Difference' on their premium products which perhaps does hint at the fact that, unless you're willing to dig that bit deeper into your pockets, what you're buying really won't taste of much at all.
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