Lori's Risotto

Submitted by cookiecutter _

"Another goodie from Isabel Allende's book Aphrodite."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 709.77 ml vegetable stock
• 59.16 ml olive oil
• 59.16 ml butter
• 44.37 ml onions, minced
• 14.79 ml garlic, grated
• 236.59 ml mushroom, brown, chopped
• 236.59 ml portabella mushroom, chopped
• 236.59 ml arborio rice
• 14.79 ml rosemary, chopped
• 2.46 ml nutmeg, fresh, grated
• 118.29 ml white wine
• 4.92 ml truffle oil
• salt
• 118.29 ml parmesan cheese, fresh, grated

directions

1. Warm the stock, then remove from heat.
2. Put 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet and saute the onion, garlic, brown and portobello mushrooms. Set aside on a plate.
3. In the same skillet put the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter and lightly brown the rice.
4. Gradually add rosemary, nutmeg and 2.5 cups of the stock. Cook over low heat stirring occasionally for 20 minutes.
5. Return mushrooms to skillet. Pour in remaining broth and cook 10 minutes more.
6. When rice is tender, not dry, add the wine and truffle oil and cook a few minutes more.
7. Add salt if desired.
8. Remove from heat.
9. Add grated cheese and serve warm.

Reviews

[mersaydees]

Wonderful! Even though the ingredients call for "4 T butter" yet only 2 T are used per the directions. For the vegetable stock, I used recipe #135453. This is overall fabulous, even according to my picky DH! Thanks, CookieCutter! Made for <b>My Three Chefs</b>.