Having thought for many years that risotto was a complex dish to cook I now find it one of my go to recipes when we want something tastier than plain rice to go with a meal. Sometimes we just have the risotto.
One of the key ingredients for this is the rice.
For this recipe I used:
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- 250g of Gallo Traditional Risotto Rice
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 onion
- 1 red pepper
- 1/4 of a butternut squash
- 4 chestnut mushrooms
- 20g of butter
- Dried Italian herbs
- Splash of olive oil
- 1 Knorr Chicken Stock Pot
- 15g of dried porcini mushrooms (rehydrated)
- 50g parmesan cheese
- Water
- Parsley
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Dice the onion, pepper and butternut squash.
Cut the chestnut mushrooms into chunks.
Rehydrate the porcini mushrooms by placing in container and covering in boiling water, and set aside to hydrate. I used some from Lidl.
In a large hot frying pan add the olive oil and the butter. When the butter has melted and is sizzling, add the garlic, diced onion, pepper and butternut squash.
When these are softened add the chestnut mushrooms.
The add the Gallo Traditional Risotto Rice and stir into the mushroom, onion and pepper mixture, until the rice is coated and well stirred in the pan.
Add the Knorr Chicken Stock Pot and water to cover the rice. Stir well.
As the water and stock is absorbed, add more water and continue to stir.
Cook the rice for 16-18 minutes until the rice is soft tender and creamy, but the grains are still firm.
Stir in the chopped rehydrated porcini mushrooms as well as the parmesan cheese and finely chopped parsley.
Season if required.
Serve.
