Orzotto Con Zucca (Barley & Pumpkin Risotto)
photo by Annisette
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 140 g barley
- 2 2 liters chicken stock or 2 liters game stock
- 600 g pumpkin or 600 g butternut squash, cut into chunks
- 30 g butter
- 30 g grated parmesan cheese
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Bring the stock to the boil in a large pan, add the barley and simmer until done, about 40 minutes. If you want you can add some chopped mushrooms to this for the last 5-10 minutes.
- Microwave, boil or roast the pumpkin until soft. I usually roast mine with a few sprigs of thyme for extra flavour.
- Put the cooked pumpkin together with the butter into a blender and process to a puree.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add the puree to the barley and season again with salt and pepper.
- Just before serving mix the parmesan into the 'risotto'.
- Serve hot with fresh crusty bread.
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Reviews
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Mmmmmm, this is great comfort food! It is easy to make and tastes wonderful. I suspected I'd need less stock, so started off with about half the quantity and added more as the stock was absorbed; in the end I did use a bit less. However I was probably generous with the butter and cheese :-) (I used mature chedder) and served this with vegetarian sausages. Sylvie, I hope you get round to making this dish soon. We'll definately be having it again!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
-Sylvie-
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Hi, I'm 31 and cooking and living in England. I was born in Germany and that's where I grew up and lived until I came to the UK to go to University in 1998.
I never went back to live in Germany, even though all my family is still there.