Our Thermomix Bacon & Tomato Risotto is the perfect family dinner... quick, easy and totally delicious!
Nothing beats a risotto made in the Thermomix... there's absolutely no stirring involved... just set and forget!
This Thermomix Bacon & Tomato Risotto is always a family favourite in our house. It gets the tick of approval from our toddler, plus we love it too (bonus!). I like to add a bit of chilli to my bowl when I'm dishing up too (but if everyone in your family likes chilli, I'd definitely suggest adding it to the tomato sauce when you're making the risotto).
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Thermomix Bacon & Tomato Risotto
Ingredients
- 60 grams parmesan cheese
- 15 grams olive oil
- 150 grams bacon, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves (or 2 teaspoon minced garlic)
- 400 grams tin diced tomatoes
- pinch of chilli flakes (optional) - see notes
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian herbs
- sea salt and pepper, to season
- 1 brown onion
- 20 grams olive oil
- 25 grams butter
- 350 grams arborio rice
- 1000 grams liquid vegetable stock - see notes
- 100 grams white wine
- 100 grams baby spinach leaves
Instructions
- Place the parmesan cheese into the Thermomix bowl and grate on Speed 8, 8 seconds. Set aside in a seperate bowl. Wash and dry the Thermomix bowl.
- Place the olive oil and bacon into the Thermomix bowl and cook for 3 minutes, Varoma, Speed 1, Reverse (MC off).
- Add the garlic, tomatoes, chilli (optional), dried herbs, salt and pepper and cook for 12 minutes, 100 degrees, Speed 1, Reverse. Pour the sauce into the ThermoServer and set aside. Wash and dry the Thermomix bowl.
- Add the onion to the Thermomix bowl and chop on Speed 5, 5 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the olive oil and butter and cook for 3 minutes, 100 degrees, Speed 1.
- Put the butterfly into place and add the rice and wine. Cook for 2 minutes, 100 degrees, Reverse, Speed 1.
- Add the vegetable stock and cook for a further 16 minutes, 100 degrees, Reverse, Speed 1 (MC off - but place the rice basket over the top of the MC hole to catch any splatters).
- Pour into the ThermoServer (with the tomato sauce) and stir through the baby spinach and reserved parmesan cheese. Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
- Serve with extra parmesan cheese.
Samantha says
I followed the recipe exactly and I just let it rest for 15 minutes in a thermoserver when done and it was great. Not liquidy at all. Next time I would go slower when cooking the bacon as it did shred it a bit. The family loved this one though.
Lucy says
Fantastic!
Sue says
I made mine with homegrown tomatoes, onion, garlic and chilli, as well as Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate. I’d reduce the liquid a little bit, but we absolutely loved our dinner tonight and look forward to the left overs.
Tamara says
I wish I could rate this recipe higher. I was looking for a tasty risotto to use up my arborio rice. There was no way I wanted to eat cookidoo mushroom risotto again, I have overdosed. I made this with low expectations. I was a little concerned at the volume of water etc. based on reviews. I tweaked the wine to 80grams and water to 720grams with 2 tablespoons of thermi vegetable stock. The flavours were wonderful and the hint of chilli was flavoursome. Thank you for creating a recipe with ingredients most households would have and ensuring these simple ingredients create something wonderful.
Lucy says
Thank you so much!!!!
Clare says
I was looking for something tasty, fast & super simple which used ingredients I already had in my cupboard / fridge! This was the recipe & it was DELICIOUS!
I agree with others - I’d reduce the amount of liquid next time, but honestly, that was a small issue in light of the happy faces & full tummies around the dinner table tonight!
Lucy says
Fantastic! We're so glad it was a hit Clare!
Mel says
This was very tasty although I made a few adjustments and would make a few more next time. The garlic should be chopped first (there were a couple of surprises in some bowls!), I added zucchini and celery to up the veg which I blitzed in with the onion after the onion was cooked (would probably not blitz so much next time), as per earlier comments added about 600ml of stock only and I feel like this was the perfect amount. It also allowed me to add back the bacon and tomato and mix together in the thermy. YUM!
Lucy says
Fantastic! We're thrilled you liked it!!
Allira says
A new family favourite in our house, which everyone eats (I only have a handful of these unicorn kind of meals). I had to use passata the first time, as I had no tinned tomatoes, and I was delicious.
The only change I regularly make is doing step 3 in reverse mode, as it stops the bacon from being chopped to tiny bits.
Misty says
Recipe was delicious, however it was extremely runny for me and I don't know what I done wrong cos I actually put less stock in that what the recipe called for...Next time I will put even less. Thanks for the recipe though, I had all the ingredients ready to go!
Kylie says
Mine turned out very liquidy.. What would I have done wrong?
Lucy says
Hi Kylie, I would suggest letting it rest for a bit longer before serving. When the risottos finish cooking, they're very liquidy, but if you place them into a ThermoServer for at least 10 minutes, they'll thicken right up! xx
Laura Mitchell says
Great safe family dish, makes a mammoth amount! Made this a couple of times now.
Lucy says
Thank you!!
Tamara says
Hi, I’m making this tomorrow. Do you have to use 1000g liquid stock? Or Can you substitute with thermi veg stock ?