Recipe

Seafood lovers craving an elegant dinner? Use the Geedel manual food chopper to dice tomatoes and chop onions—just manual pressing for evenly sized pieces, no electricity needed. The chopped tomatoes release rich juice to boost umami, and you'll cook up creamy risotto in 30 minutes. It's packed with tender mussels and chewy glutinous rice, perfectly paired with white wine!

Ingredients

12 mussels (cleaned and debearded)

150g Arborio rice

2 medium tomatoes

1/4 onion

2 garlic cloves

50ml white wine

300ml chicken stock (added in batches)

15g butter, 30g grated Parmesan cheese

5 fresh basil leaves

1/4 teaspoon salt

a pinch of black pepper

1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

Chop the vegetables

Remove the tomato stems and cut into chunks. Peel the onion and garlic, then place them with the tomatoes into the vegetable chopper. Press gently to chop into fine pieces—tomatoes release juice easily, onions are sweet without pungency, and it's 4 times faster than chopping with a knife. The chopper's non-stick blade won't stick to tomato juice. Chop the basil leaves and set aside.

Cook the mussels + make the risotto 

Heat olive oil in a pan over low heat. Sauté the onion and garlic until fragrant, add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes until juicy. Pour in the white wine and simmer until reduced. Add the mussels and stir-fry for 2 minutes until they open (discard any unopened ones), then remove and set aside. Add Arborio rice to the pan and stir-fry for 2 minutes until translucent. Add chicken stock in 3 batches, stirring each time until the liquid is absorbed before adding more (about 18 minutes), until the rice is tender yet al dente.

Mix and season

Add butter, 20g grated Parmesan cheese, salt, and black pepper. Stir until melted, then add the reserved mussels and chopped basil. Toss for 1 minute to combine. Serve sprinkled with the remaining Parmesan cheese. The mussels are fresh, the rice has a creamy texture, and the sweet and sour of tomatoes cuts through the richness—an elegant dinner full of ritual!

Summary 

This Italian dinner solves the pain points of 'cumbersome ingredient prep' and 'lack of umami' in seafood risotto. The Geedel manual food chopper dices tomatoes evenly to release maximum juice, enhancing the risotto's flavor. It works manually without power, letting you recreate authentic Italian seafood flavor in just 30 minutes!