Name: Pork and seafood risotto with turmeric and long pepper
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 350 g risotto rice; 400 g pork loin (cut into chunks); 200 g prawns (shrimps); 500 ml vegetable stock (heated up); 100 ml double cream (heavy cream); 200 ml white wine; 2 medium onions; 3-4 cloves garlic (crushed and chopped finely); 2 squid tubes (large (cut into rings)); 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tbsp ginger (freshly grated); 1/4 tsp long pepper powder; 1 Red chilli; 1 tsp Hawaiian red salt (or pink Himalayan); 2 spring onions (( scallions )); 1 handful parsley (fresh); 2 tbsp almond flakes to sprinkle over (optional); 2 tbsp oil (optional)

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Pork and seafood risotto with turmeric and long pepper

Oh, my! I cannot believe it’s November already, where did this year go? The weather, as expected really, is grey, grim and wet so we need some colour and joyful dishes to lift up some moods and spirits over here. I am sure you do feel the same at that end too. This pork and seafood risotto dish does exactly that.

Oh, BUT...Happy 4th Birthday Ramona’s Cuisine!!

Ramona’s Cuisine was celebrated in the last few days, yay!!! It’s been 4 years and this is the 241st recipe!! I cannot believe it! Time definitely flies when you’re having fun.

All the cooking that kept me super busy, my lovely family, projects, my daily work, the volunteering, it’s all been good, really good. Life’s beautiful as I always say!

This post should have been a cake post but instead, I thought of sharing with you this gorgeous and super vibrant, comforting pork and seafood risotto. Full of flavour, colour and a truly delicious dish that I’ve made the other day. I do make seafood risotto often and realised that the recipe never went up. Only came to the realisation after my little judges popped the question. When they've heard it is not up, they said I better put it up it as it is too yummy not to. So, as any good mother would do, I listened, so here's my delicious seafood risotto recipe.

We enjoy this particular combination of pork and seafood risotto every single time but this time it really was extra delicious. The risotto rice was a really nice organic one from Organico and I have to say it was one of the best risotto rice I have had in a while. Amazing!

Organico has kindly sent me some products to try and I must admit I loved every single one. The fantastic taste of Italy, especially the chopped tomatoes which come from Toscana. Oh, those flavours! Used those to make a super delicious Chilli con Carne the other day. Plain deliciousness.

How to cook the rice for seafood risotto…. toast it or not?!

I know some toast the rice for risotto, I don’t! Not any more for quite some time now and the main reason for this is because all that creaminess produced by the starch gets spoiled.
Carnaroli rice, as well as Arborio (the risotto rice variety), are high in amylopectin which is responsible for the starch released when cooking.
It is exactly the same for Japanese rice.

Why turmeric and long pepper combination?

Well, I’ve only found this out recently. Research shows that the true benefits of turmeric can really be felt and multiplied when the two are paired. I found this fact quite interesting and since then I always make a pertinent effort to make sure extra pepper goes in.

It appears I was already doing this without even realising and one of the dishes that I’m thinking about it’s this delicious red split lentil curry I’m making, always add turmeric and plenty of freshly ground black pepper.

You don’t have long pepper....?

Nothing to worry, just use regular ground black pepper. The difference between long pepper and regular black pepper, I find, is in flavour and strength- black pepper being the stronger one. But this is my own finding and I might be wrong - my husband believes is the other way around ?.
Also, long pepper you can only buy in specific stores like an Asian grocery store or like I did, I buy mine in here.

Here’s an article on different types of pepper if you wish to read more on this. I love pepper and I like using all sort of different varieties. Here’s a little more on pepper varieties. They all produce different flavours.

Let’s get cooking!!

Pork and seafood risotto with turmeric and long pepper

This vibrant pork and seafood risotto is an absolute must make fall dish, comforting and delicious.

5 from 14 votes

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Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine: Mediterranean, Ramona's Cuisine

Keyword: dinner recipe, lunch, main course, main dish, pork and seafood risotto, pork risotto, prawns, risotto, shrimps risotto, squid

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 749kcal

Author: Ramona Sebastian

Cost: £7

Equipment

Ingredients

350 g risotto rice
400 g pork loin cut into chunks
200 g prawns shrimps
500 ml vegetable stock heated up
100 ml double cream heavy cream
200 ml white wine
2 medium onions
3-4 cloves garlic crushed and chopped finely
2 squid tubes large (cut into rings)
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp ginger freshly grated
1/4 tsp long pepper powder
1 Red chilli
1 tsp Hawaiian red salt or pink Himalayan
2 spring onions ( scallions )
1 handful parsley fresh
2 tbsp almond flakes to sprinkle over optional
2 tbsp oil optional

Metric - US Imperial

Instructions

Place a skillet on medium fire, add the pork and slightly brown the meat turning it on both sides.
Add the onion and stir occasionally until this becomes soft. Add the garlic, the grated ginger, salt, pepper and the turmeric and cook for a further couple of minutes stirring occasionally. Drizzle in some stock if necessary if pork is sizzling away. We need it nice and brown but not too brown.
Add the wine and then rice and stir gently so that it costs uniformly. Start adding the hot stock gradually until it all gets absorbed and the rice it’s cooked to perfection which is aldente.
Add the double cream and half of the herbs, stir all in and cook for one more minute or two.
Just 5-6 minutes before finishing add the prawns and the squid cut into rings.* (See recipe notes for alternative way of adding the seafood).
Add the fresh herbs chopped chilli, spring onions and serve while still nice and hot.

Notes

I sometimes prefer starting by cooking the seafodd in the pan with a knob of butter, some garlic and pepper and then take out and set aside for adding towards the end or right at the end.

After removing the seafood from the pan carry on cooking the pork, onions in the juices left from the seafood. This is another way of adding flavours to your risotto.

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Comments

Stine Mari says

November 08, 2019 at 11:11 am

This risotto looks amazing, so colorful and perfect to light up any dark day. Great tip on the toasting not toasting issue as well.

Erika says

November 08, 2019 at 3:32 pm

This is my kind of dish! So flavorful and I love the shrimp, yum!

Jere Cassidy says

November 08, 2019 at 8:02 pm

What a glorious looking dish. I have never heard of long pepper but will look for it next time Im' at our Asian food store that has everything.

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 12:01 pm
  
  Thank you Jere,
  It is really nice - I am buying mine from a wholefoods shop 😉
  
Alexis says

November 08, 2019 at 9:52 pm

The colors in this dish are amazing! I'll definitely be making this dish this week, my family is going to love it.

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:59 am
  
  Thank you so much Alexis, I do hope you will enjoy this risotto when you will make it 😉
  
Emily says

November 09, 2019 at 10:04 am

I love everything about this pork and seafood risotto- especially how bright yellow the turmeric makes the dish!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:58 am
  
  Thank you dear Emily 😉
  
Jacqui Debono says

November 09, 2019 at 6:59 pm

The colours of this dish are beautiful! I have been trying to get more turmeric into my diet too, what a lovely way to do it!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:58 am
  
  Thank you dear Jacqui, I will definitely turn yellow soon from using all the turmeric that I use 😉
  
Amanda says

November 11, 2019 at 12:18 pm

This is such a great risotto dish! I love the combination of pork and seafood, and those vibrant colors make it perfect for company. Thanks for sharing!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:54 am
  
  Thank you so much Amanda, thank you for stopping by.
  
Jenni LeBaron says

November 11, 2019 at 2:10 pm

This is such a tremendous explosion of flavors! I love the mix of pork and seafood together to make this risotto particularly hearty!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:53 am
  
  So true, thanks so much dear Jenni 😉
  
Danielle says

November 12, 2019 at 6:22 am

I know, right? The time flies by so quickly! But it will be nice to slow the time down a bit with this delicious risotto. Pork and seafood combo never disappoints!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:51 am
  
  Oh yes, absolutely! Thank you Danielle 😉
  
Byron Thomas says

November 12, 2019 at 7:05 am

This risotto would brighten up anyone's day! It's so colourful and vibrant - I love it. It was very delicious too. I followed the recipe exactly, but I did leave out the shrimp. YUM!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:51 am
  
  Thank you so much dear Byron, I am so happy you liked the dish as much as we do.
  
Leanne says

November 12, 2019 at 8:48 am

Congratulations on your blog anniversary! Four years is an awesome accomplishment. And this pork and seafood dish is a delicious recipe to celebrate with! Can't wait to see what you have planned next!

- Ramona says
  
  November 15, 2019 at 11:44 am
  
  Thank you so much dear Leanne! Time flies, I know, it feels like yesterday 😉
  
Constance says

November 25, 2019 at 5:11 pm

I love risotto dishes. The turmeric must give it such a rich flavor, and the almond flakes are the perfect touch!

Kim @ Three Olives Branch says

December 02, 2019 at 8:53 am

I have been wanting to incorporate more turmeric into my cooking, and this sounds like the perfect way to do it! All of those colors and flavors sound perfect together, plus I am a sucker for risotto!

Ali Hanson says

December 07, 2019 at 11:08 am

This looks great, I love your flavor combo. I have some shrimp in the freezer I was wondering what to do with them. This recipe looks perfect!

- Ramona says
  
  December 08, 2019 at 1:29 pm
  
  Thank you so much Ali xx