Moroccan Spiced Risotto
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Ras-el-hanout risotto with mint and lemon pesto on a beetroot sauce with a courgette and almond crumble and diced beetroot.
Luca is Italian-born, now settled in Hertfordshire. Inspired to cook after travelling the world as a flight attendant, he is a flight operations controller.
Luca: "In Italy, you grow up with the belief that we have the best food in the world. I love it, but there's also a world of tastes and flavours that we don't know yet, and I like to play with those."
Luca: "I'm taking you, hopefully, to Morocco. A risotto with ras el hanout, served with a mint and lemon pesto and a side of beetroot sauce."
Anna: "Ras-el-hanout in the risotto could be a stroke of genius because one of its base flavours is cinnamon, and cinnamon goes really well with beetroot."
Grace: "He's had a mint and lemon pesto. We've already got some very big flavours in here. There is a lot going on this dish."
Grace: "Your risotto has good structure. The cinnamon and the heat of the ras el hanout is lovely, but I think the lemon and mint pesto was always going to be a bully on this plate. It's making me lose all the other great flavours."
Anna: "The spices perhaps could have been cooked out a little bit more. The beetroot on top, there isn't a huge flavour coming off that. All in all, you've given us visually a stunning dish, but it just needs a few little tweaks."
