Aged Gruyère risotto served with caramelized onions, fermented black garlic, and asparagus served with lemongrass-balsamic reduction1.
1. The reduction is really the only part that needs any explanation:
- Simmer 1 cup for balsamic vinegar in a sauce pot with a handful of fresh lemongrass and a teaspoon on grapeseed oil (what? you don’t have grapeseed oil?).
- Remove from heat when reduced to 1/2 a cup (approx. 25 minutes) and allow to further thicken.
- Add a little flour and simmer while stirring until a thick syrupy consistency is achieved.
- Refrigerate.