Porcini Risotto
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 1⁄2 cups arborio rice
- 1 1⁄2 ounces dried porcini mushrooms, reconstituted in
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1⁄4 cup cognac
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
directions
- Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion. Cover and cook until golden, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
- Add rice, porcini, 1 cup porcini soaking liquid, 4 cups broth, and cognac. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, simmer uncovered until rice is tender and mixture is creamy, stirring occasionally and adding broth if dry, about 20 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper. Pass parmesan cheese separately.
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Reviews
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This was a pretty nice dish - I had the recipe on hand for a few months until I finally got around to trying it. I made it exactly as written, except that instead of using canned chicken broth, I used chicken bouillon granules, making 4 cups worth of bouillon according to the recipe on its package. This was also the first time I'd ever bought dried mushrooms and rehydrated them - I'd never even heard of it before. The onions didn't really caramelize for me, as mentioned in the description, but I didn't mind. The results were quite tasty, but I found the flavor fairly strong - not unpleasant, just a bit surprising. It made a good volume of risotto, and lasted me for four dinners.
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Fail-proof risotto! I've always been intimidated by risotto recipes and this takes the fear out of it. I skipped the parmesan cheese as I don't think it needed it. This is very savory, warm and comforting. In the future I would like to try this recipe again by adding the broth 1 cup at a time (and constantly stirring and watching it), instead of the liquid all at once. This is a keeper. Thanks for taking the fear out of making risotto! :)
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My first try making risotto though I've had porcini risotto before. This was creamy, earthy, flavorful and I skipped the cognac as well. My daughter thinks I'm a genius - even though we both know I tipped the hand with the broth - but scooped some out for gravy and the risotto still was perfect. A pre-teen says THANKS!
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It's very cold (-22), snowing and windy today. We wanted something warming and filling for lunch and this really hit the spot. I put the dried mushies in a pot with the water and brought it up to a simmer, put on a lid and let it stand (off heat) for 30 mins then roughly chopped them. The cognac was omitted and I stirred 1 tbsp of parm into the risotto before removing it from the heat. SO good, a bowl of this and a cup of tea made a perfect lunch.
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This was a pretty nice dish - I had the recipe on hand for a few months until I finally got around to trying it. I made it exactly as written, except that instead of using canned chicken broth, I used chicken bouillon granules, making 4 cups worth of bouillon according to the recipe on its package. This was also the first time I'd ever bought dried mushrooms and rehydrated them - I'd never even heard of it before. The onions didn't really caramelize for me, as mentioned in the description, but I didn't mind. The results were quite tasty, but I found the flavor fairly strong - not unpleasant, just a bit surprising. It made a good volume of risotto, and lasted me for four dinners.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lazyme
Grapeview, Washington
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