Lee Ryan

Come Dine With Me recipes Lobster and truffle risotto recipe

Come Dine With Me
Email this page
Date Published:
19/08/2008

Lee Ryan's guests were far from blue when he whipped up this decadent dish on Celebrity Come Dine With Me

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 live lobster (roughly 1.3kg)
  • Small jar of preserved truffles
  • 2-3 fresh white truffles
  • 2 cups arborio (risotto) rice
  • 1 tbsp white truffle oil
  • 1 small white onion, peeled
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 - 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 25g butter
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 - 2 cups ready made fish stock
  • 1 - 2 cups ready made chicken stock
  • Handful fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method: How to make lobster and truffle risotto

1. Kill the lobster humanely then place in a large pan of boiling water for 10 minutes or until the lobster turns bright red. Remove from the pot and place immediately in a bowl of cold water.

2. Once cooled, drain well then remove the lobster meat from the shell and the claws. Roughly chop, put in a bowl, cover and place in the fridge.

3. Chop up all the truffles (retaining a few slices of fresh truffle for the garnish) and mix together with the truffle infused olive oil in a small bowl. Finely chop the onion and cloves of garlic and mix together in a small bowl with about a teaspoon of olive oil.

4. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic mixture and fry gently for 5 minutes or until transparent, stirring regularly.

5. Add the rice to the onion and garlic mixture and stir for 1 minute. Pour over the white wine and stir until it has been absorbed. Mix the chicken and fish stock in a jug and add just enough to the pan to cover the rice.

6. Continually stir the rice as it slowly absorbs the liquid. Once the stock is almost completely absorbed, add another cup. Continue with this process until the rice is tender.

7. Add the sliced truffles to the risotto mixture and stir in for 2 minutes. Add the chopped lobster and heat through gently then stir in the coriander and season to taste. Remove the risotto from the heat and leave to stand for 5 minutes.

8. Serve garnished with a slice of truffle.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold

Back to top

Your Comments

Post your comment

Please note: In order to post a comment you need to be registered and logged in to Channel 4:

Sign In Here or Register Here

Comments closed

Comments are closed at the present time

Your comments

Post your comment
By posting on this website you are agreeing to abide by our Comments Policy.
Mandatory Fields are marked with *
Your Comment (Maximum characters: 4000) *
You have

Comments

Thank you for your comment!

Your message will be reviewed and the best ones will be published below.

If you intended to make an official comment to Channel 4 please contact us.

Comments

  1. Does anyone have the full recipe? Want to make it this weekend? Thanks.
    Posted by Caroline on 16/11/2009 15:09:23
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment
  2. Does anyone have the full recipe? Want to make it this weekend? Thanks.
    Posted by Caroline on 16/11/2009 15:08:57
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment
  3. Could someone who looks after the C4 website PLEASE get the full recipe for the lobster and truffle risotto written up and put on the "Come dine with me" recipe page? You have innumerable viewers standing around countless kitchens with a half made meal!!! Thanks!!
    Posted by Chris Band on 22/07/2009 18:12:16
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment
  4. Why is Lee's complete lobster recipe not available - only part of it. Also would love Lobster Bisque recipe 2. Can anyone help out?
    Posted by Jill Scott on 30/12/2008 20:58:43
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment
  5. Bought all the ingredients, cooking tonight but only half the recipe showing - what happens after step 3???
    Posted by Annika on 03/10/2008 14:01:58
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment

Recipe Finder

Show only:

Advertisement

Play-Along

Come Dine With Me on Facebook!

Watch again with 4oD

Come Dine With Me poll

Advertisement


Food

Skip Channel4 main Navigation
Explore Channel4
Food
Homes
Film
4Car
News
See All

Channel 4 © 2009. Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.