Creamy Tomato Risotto for 8

Rescaled from 4 servings.

Easily the nicest risotto recipe Jonathan knows... A little more time intensive than others but a real treat. Make sure to use fresh basil leaves, not dried! Also, just pour as much stock in the blender as will fit with the tomatoes...

800g
  • 45kg
  • 1.76lb
  • 28.2oz
chopped tomatoes
blend until smooth keep simmering in saucepan stir in quarter at a time until absorbed add when half of stock absorbed remove from heat and cover for 1 min stir in sprinkle
2l
  • 2000ml
  • 133 13tbsp
  • 400tsp
  • 8.45cup
  • 3.52pint
vegetable stock
knob butter melt cook until softened 6-8 min stir in and cook for 1 min cook and stir 1 min
2 tbsp
  • 0.03 l
  • 30 ml
  • 6 tsp
  • 0.127 cup
  • 0.053 pint
oil
2 onion finely chopped
4 cloves garlic finely chopped
4 tsp
  • 0.02 l
  • 20 ml
  • 1 13 tbsp
  • 0.085 cup
  • 0.035 pint
dried rosemary
500g
  • 12kg
  • 1.1lb
  • 17.6oz
risotto rice
600g
  • 35kg
  • 1.32lb
  • 21.2oz
cherry tomatoes
halved
small pack basil roughly torn
8 tbsp
  • 0.12 l
  • 120 ml
  • 24 tsp
  • 0.507 cup
  • 0.211 pint
grated parmesan