If you’ve never made one then do it!
It’s so easy and doesn’t involve all the stirring of a stove top one.
My mushroom leek and brocolli one is just resting in the kitchen before I put some more Parmesan on it and we devour it. Really, really tasty.
To be followed by a small box of Maltesers and a few Ferraro rocher. And strictly...yay!
Most of the modern chefs do baked ones now. More reliable and less labour intensive. I used to have one for the slow cooker that was good but lost the recipe
Oven baked risotto is delicious.
Glad you enjoyed yours Tilly. Mine was an amalgamation of delias, one I found online which included brocolli, and the addition of a couple of leeks I had in which needed using up.
Ours was very creamy too, really no need for all that stirring. Seriously, if you like risotto give an oven baked one a go, don’t just dismiss it.
You can do rice dishes in the oven but please don't call them risotto which has to have the liquid ladled in at intervals during the cooking process and has to be stirred to get the proper creamy texture of a risotto.
Apparently Anna Del Conte assured Delia that in Liguria they sometimes cook risotto in the oven, so if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me :)
From a definition of risotto
There are many different risotto recipes with different ingredients, but they are all based on rice of an appropriate variety, cooked in a standard procedure.[9] Risotto, unlike other rice dishes, requires constant care and attention.