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Recipe name: Bacon and Garlic Risotto
Recipe by: Lisa Hutchieson
History: Just a simple and quick dish, for beginners and serious cooks alike.
Description: Winter dish to accompany stews or brazed lamb shanks.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4
Amount/Measure/Ingredient:

1 tsp. garlic
2 rashers bacon, diced
1 onion, diced
2 cups Arborio rice
1 Liter Chicken stock (39 ounces)

Preparation:

Sauté onion and garlic in heavy based saucepan. 
Add bacon, and cook for a few minutes. 
Add rice and cook until transparent. 
Add stock, stirring in, until it just covers rice. 
Cook covered for 5 - 10 minutes. 
Check to see if you need to add more stock, while cooking. (It will be too dry) 
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. 
Serve as a bed, for stews or brazed lamb shanks.

Reformatted from a recipe submitted to Good Cooking © '2002 by Good Cooking, Inc.