Toasted MANwiche Stack

Some days you like to have a more refined meal like risotto with minimal ingredients. But on other days, you have to bring on the MANwiche and pack it with every flavour in the pantry.

For my toasted MANwich stack I took lebanese bread, heaped on the ingredients, folded it in half and dry-fried it in a pan. Here's a good start for the filling:

• pesto
• bocconcini
• feta
• parmigiano
• roasted red peppers
• mixed mushrooms
• capers
• flat-leaf parsley

Make two of these, cut each in half and stack them. Mmmmm.

Mushroom Risotto

It's been a long time since I've made risotto but with the horrendous weather recently, I decided that no other comfort food would do.

Cook a plain risotto, that is, just the rice with wine and stock. At the same time, cook the mushrooms separately with a good lump of butter, half a red Spanish onion and garlic. When the risotto is ready, stir in the mushrooms and a generous handful of parmigiano. Let it sit with the lid on for 10 minutes and serve with a little flat parsley. That it! With risotto, less is best.

I used vialone nano risotto rice which can take a lot of liquid before it loses shape.

Next time, I'll try roasting the mushrooms in the oven so it has a smokier taste.