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Risotto Recipe

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Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 onion Chopped
2 TBSolive Oil
4 TBS butter (1/2 stick)
1 c. White wine
5 c. or more chicken broth, heated
2 c. Arborio rice
Salt and pepper to taste
1 c. Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oil and butter in a large sauté pan,add onion and rice.heat until rice starts to turn golden brown.Add wine and reduce liquid by half.
Meanwhile, pour the chicken broth into a separate saucepan, Heat chicken broth.
Using a ladle, scoop up about a cup of broth. Pour it in the pan with the rice, stirring constantly with a spoon.
When most of the liquid is absorbed into the rice and the rice begins to look a bit dry, add another ladle of broth to the pan and stir constantly,
Continue to add the broth In cup batches and stir the rice until you have used most of the broth (this will probably take about 20 minutes).Spoon up a grain of rice and bite into it -- it should be tender without being too mushy.
When the rice is tender and the risotto has a creamy consistency, almost like thick oatmeal, iif it is too dry add a little extra liquid or even water.
Add salt and pepper to the risotto, .
Add the grated Parmesan cheese and stir well.
Serve the risotto immediately in warm bowls and have extra grated Parmesan on hand
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 min
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is the ultimate comfort food.I have added mushrooms or leeks and at the end I have also added blanched chopped asparagus or peas.

 

 

 

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