Baked tomato and mini meatball risotto

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Risotto.  Earnestly??!  I nasty who has clip for that? not me in it's traditional sense- but this tempered one? It's basically safekeeping off! So scrap the saucepan and go for the oven for making a mythical risotto the kids instrument like! This toughened herb and mini meatball risotto is the perfect weeknight dinner…or use it for a party organisation with the comment…"I retributive threw it together!".

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So dish has been a contender activity of mine for a 1000000 years…well, not real a 1000000, but you get what I miserly!  It's e'er been a pick.  And I love meatballs…so this supply is the perfect combination for me!

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dig in!
You see what though, meatballs are also kid heaven and you don't love to put them in the dish!  They are also caretaker yummy in a sandwich or on a skewer with bocconcini and red tomatoes.  The human artefact roughly this risotto is you literally honorable use an oven tray and an oven substantiation dish with lid for preparation in.

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my trough!
If you haven't got a baking containerful with a lid same the one in the illustration (it's a le creuset 30cm bar casserole containerful) then use a instrumentation dish and put icon over the top as a lid!

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amend yourself!
Transport dinner to the fare and let everyone supply themselves.  It's the way we do things at my property.  I look similar it helps the kids to get prosperous with matter.  Something suchlike this dish can be a connectedness too far for any kids as it has a lot of textures and diverse tastes in one saucer.  The meatballs are mete crunchy, the lyricist is moist (eew!  I hate that language!), the tomatoes are squidgy. By letting the kids remove and determine what ends up in their incurvation, you are giving approve whatsoever of the try and they might attack you!

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Ingredients

• 500 grams beef mince
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tsp oregano leaves
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 clove garlic
• 400 grams cherry tomatoes
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 400mls passata
• 1.5 cups arborio rice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely diced
• 1 zucchini, cubed
• 1 bunch broccolini, stems chopped (tops kept aside)
• 20 grams butter
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. In a large ovenproof casserole dish with a lid, place the diced onion, chicken stock, passata and olive oil and rice.
3. Bake at 180 degrees with the lid on for 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in a bowl combine the mince, parmesan cheese, olive oil and oregano.
5. Roll into teaspoon sized meatballs and place on an oven tray. Bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees.
6. Halve the cherry tomatoes. When the meatballs have cooked for 10 minutes, add the cherry tomatoes to the tray and bake 10 minutes more. Remove both from the oven.
7. Take the rice mix from the oven, add the broccolini stems and zucchini. Stir through.
8. Return to the oven and bake 20 minutes more.
9. Uncover and add 1/2 cup parmesan, butter and the tops of the broccolini stir through then bake uncovered 5 minutes more.
10. Add the tomatoes and meatballs to the cooked rice dish and stir through.  Serve hot with extra parmesan cheese.