Risotto
Confession: up until last weekend, I had never eaten (or cooked) risotto. I have since found a recipe for risotto that is super easy, and the taste is creamy and delicious. Consider it Risotto 101.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup Arborio rice
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 4 cups (2 cans) reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup grated Pecorino or Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons butter
To make:
- In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook until soft, about 4-5 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring until absorbed, about 1-2 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, heat chicken broth with 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a gentle simmer.
- Add 2 cup of broth to rice mixture. Cook, stirring every couple of minutes, until absorbed, about 10 minutes. Continue adding broth, 1 cup at a time, cooking until most of the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender yet still firm (about 25 minutes total cooking time).
- Remove from heat and stir in cheese and butter. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve immediately (risotto will thicken as it sits).
Another add-in for risotto that’s delicious is pesto. I made this last night, with almost your identical recipe, and stirred in 1/2 cup of basil pesto right before serving it. Yum!
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Thanks! I’ll try this one tonight!
I love to cook and have been cooking since I could crawl. (My family owns an Italian deli.) And for some reason, I never ate or made Risotto either. I’ve seen it on menu’s at high end restaurants but it was always a Seafood Risotto. (Not a fan of fish.) I finally tried this – and OMG, OMG~ I sauteed baby bella mushrooms in a separate pan in some butter and added them at the end with the cheese. SO DELISH!! I made it 2 nights in a row – My husband and friends LOVED IT. This recipe is fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!