Instructions: Follow the basic risotto recipe.

Fry the sliced streaked bacon until golden and slightly crisp and add it at Stage 1 with the rosemary.

At Stage 3 add the warm cooked borlotti beans.

This is my favourite risotto of all time it is absolutely superb. The pancetta and rosemary is a marriage made in heaven and the borlotti beans look and taste great and make a real change in a risotto.

This risotto is excellent with any leftover rabbit or hare which can be broken up and added at the last minute.

Serves 6

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