Crni Rižot

Name: Crni Rižot
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Croatia
Ingredients: 400g cuttlefish, cleaned, ink sacs reserved; 300g risotto rice; 150ml white wine; 1L fish stock, warm; 1 onion, finely diced; 4 cloves garlic, sliced; ink sacs from cuttlefish plus extra if needed; olive oil quality Croatian

Croatia

The quintessential dish of the Dalmatian coast. Every fishing port from Zadar to Dubrovnik serves their version.

Black risotto — squid ink risotto from the Dalmatian coast, jet black from fresh cuttlefish. Rich with seafood flavour and intensely dramatic on the plate.

Photo: kalamita

Prep

20 mins

Cook

30 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

430 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400gcuttlefish, cleaned, ink sacs reserved

300grisotto rice

150mlwhite wine

1Lfish stock, warm

1onion, finely diced

4 clovesgarlic, sliced

ink sacs from cuttlefishplus extra if needed

olive oilquality Croatian

Method

Fry onion and garlic in olive oil. Add cuttlefish, cook 5 minutes.

Add rice. Toast 2 minutes. Add wine. Add stock ladle by ladle, stirring, 18 minutes.

Stir in ink sacs. The risotto will turn completely black.

Season with salt and good olive oil. Serve immediately.

Chef's Tip

Fresh cuttlefish ink gives the best flavour. Bottled squid ink can supplement.

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