Welcome to New Risotto Sunday, a brand-new recipe feature on I am a viking! Every Sunday for the next, say, forty-four weeks or so, I will be making a brand new, completely original risotto and posting the recipes and results here. Why forty-four, you ask? Because that is precisely how many risotto recipes I came up with during a day-long brainstorming session at work. (My job is boring.) I would never dream of giving away any risottos to come, but I will tell you the three categories into which I have divided them: Old World Risottos, New World Risottos, and Silk Road Risottos. They will draw on ingredients and culinary aesthetics from around the globe.
This momentous first risotto is a combination of fragrant saffron, luscious seafood, and vibrant baby asparagus entwined in rich, creamy Manchego. Special thanks goes to the country of Spain for the idea behind this Paella-Inspired Seafood-Asparagus Risotto.
