I remember foraging for wild mushrooms with King Charles III and Antonio Carlucci on the 50,000 acre Balmoral estate. We came back and sautéed and froze enough wild mushrooms to last months for the royal table. In this video I am dehydrating wild mushrooms (they keep even longer) using the PARIS RHONE dehydrator and they have agreed to discount the price if you click on the link below and type in the code. I am also giving a dehydrator away on my Instagram page this week too.
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King Charles loves Italian food and I remember cooking this for him. Here’s the recipe;
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Makes 4 portions
2 cups dried mushrooms
4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
2 TBS olive oil
1 1/2 cups Arborio rice
salt and pepper to taste
2/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup fresh chopped fresh herbs
Place the dried mushrooms in a bowl and pour two cups warm water over them rehydrate. Set aside for 30 minutes. Remove the mushrooms and the keep the liquid.
In a heavy-bottomed pot add the rice and stir to coat the grains with butter. Add 2 full ladles of the chicken broth mixture to the rice. Stir and simmer over low heat until the liquid is absorbed, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the liquid from the mushrooms.
Continue to add more broth one ladle at a time, stirring every few minutes. Each time, cook until the mixture seems a little dry before adding more. Add the wild mushrooms, Continue cooking until the rice is cooked through, but still al dente, nutty in texture, about 20 minutes total.
When done, the risotto should be thick and creamy and not at all dry. Off the heat, stir in the cheese and sprinkle the chives on top before serving.
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29 Comments
You went foraging with Antionio Carluccio??!!?? That must have been amazing!
Congratulations Mr. Darren is similar to the Italian recipe, the only difference is the final creaming where we add a spoonful of butter, stirring with the heat off. Let it rest for three minutes and then serve.
Wot! No onions?
Darren, I love your recipies and your story. Jepp love Winston too. However this video is bit poor in quality. It seems to me that one of or all of contrast, saturation or exposure are square. Be sure I checekd my equip for watching before I type this commend. If possible please rework the vid and check for the next one.
Go ahead with all those wonderfull content.
Best whishes
Al
Darren, you are a treasure. I love your stories of your time with the royals. I’ve also picked up many cooking tips. 😊
Please go back to learn how to make a risotto . You have fresh mushroom and you used dehydrated
When will your books be available as bound books again?
DARREN THEY HAVE MENTIONED YOU IN THE CROWN
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if its good enough for a royal chef its good enough for perfection
Do you know there's a reference to you, good sir, in Season 5 of The Crown in Episode 9 at 38:31! At least, I think it's a reference to you. Love your content. Keep up the good work
I sadly can't stand mushrooms and it makes me sad.
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I had risotto last night. It was good, but now I wish I had seen this episode first because this looks absolutely amazing! Guess I know what I’m having next time!
No butter or wine chef?
I missed seeing you Daren 💜 Btw, you were mentionned on the series "the crown", isn't it awsome 😄?
Superb Darren. I like watching all your videos doing wonderful dishes and giving the common man a glimpse of what the royals ate. Good going.
This was brilliant, Darren. What I love about italian cooking is how simple the recipes are. If you have and highlight the quality of the ingredients, the rest takes care of itself. Antonio Carluccio was a great chef, and that's pretty special you got to spend the day with Prince Charles exploring the estate for wild mushrooms. Something you never forget.
That looks delicious, I absolutely adore mushrooms
That looks absolutly delish
MPW recipe
Sending love from the PH🇵🇭
It looks gorgeous however I would add some onion and garlic
I love to watch you cook. I wish you did even more videos. Thank you very much.
Darren,
When cooking for the Royal Family did you ever have a dish rejected? Plus your cooking videos have ignited a passion I didn’t know I had for cooking. Thank you!!!
I’m not a massive fan of mushrooms but I’d happily eat that….looks fab!
Thank you very much, always enjoyable seeing you cook. Happy Holidays
Tell king Charles to discipline his lying son harry!!! Strip him completely of his royal titles . What a disgrace.. Harry better be glad it's not 18th century he would be in the Town Square on the guillotine for desertion! By the way marvelous video that risotto looked excellent!!!
Nice Royal Wild Mushroom Risotto there Mr Darren McGrady. But am also waiting for Uncle Vinnie From "Vincenzos Plate" does a review on your Wild Mushroom Risotto.