Mushroom Risotto – first appeared in 1809 in Lombardy but risotto dates back to the Arabs in the 14th century BC

  • 750ml chicken stock
  • 1 litre water
  • 2 tabs olive oil
  • 1 small onion chopped finely
  • 10gm butter
  • 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 100gm fresh shiitake mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 100gm button mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 100 gm oyster mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 2 cups amborio rice washed
  • 125ml dry white wine
  • 75gm baby spinach leaves
  • 25gm parmesan cheese coarsely grated
  • 50gm roasted pine nuts
  • ΒΌ cup finely chopped chives
  1. Place the stock and water in large saucepan and bring to boil.
  2. Reduce Heat and simmer covered.
  3. Heat oil in large saucepan, cook onion, stirring until soft then add butter garlic mushrooms and cook until mushrooms soften.
  4. Add rice, stir to coat in this mixture then add wine and stir until evaporates.
  5. Stir one cup of simmering stock into rice mixture and cook stirring over low heat until liquid is absorbed.
  6. Continue to add batches of one cup of stock mixture, stirring until absorbed after each addition.
  7. Once rice is tender add spinach and cheese, remove from heat and stir in nuts and half of the chives.
  8. Serve sprinkled with the remaining chives.
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