Wheat berry risotto with beef jerky and fried potatoes

Name: Wheat berry risotto with beef jerky and fried potatoes (Guiso de mote con charqui y papas doradas)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: ½ onion, sliced; 250 g/9 oz/1½ cups dried beef jerky, shredded; 25 g/1 oz/1 tbsp butter; 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil; salt and black pepper; salt and black pepper; 500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups vegetable oil; 8 potatoes, peeled and cut into slices 1cm/½in thick; 400 g/14 oz/2 cups wheat berries, soaked in cold water overnight; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup grated mozzarella cheese; 50 g/2 oz/⅔ cup grated Parmesan cheese; 475 ml/16 fl oz/2 cups double (heavy) cream; 475 ml/16 fl oz/2 cups full-fat (whole) milk

Guiso de mote con charqui y papas doradas

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

Wheat berries are an Andean cereal that contain a high level of carbohydrates, fibre and antioxidants. This recipe combines them with two other ingredients that are the basis of many Chilean recipes: potatoes and dried beef jerky.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz/2 cups wheat berries, soaked in cold water overnight
475

Americas
Chile
Main course

Method

To make the jerky mixture, heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat, then add the onion and cook for 7 minutes or until soft. Add the jerky and cook for 3 minutes. Set aside.
Drain the wheat berries. Put the milk and the wheat berries in a large pan, cover, place on a low heat and cook for 50 minutes, stirring from time to time.