Mushroom Risotto

TIME: 60 MINUTES (includes 15 minutes prep time)

Serves: 4

VEGAN OPTIONS | DAIRY-FREE OPTIONS | GLUTEN-FREE | REFINED SUGAR-FREE

 

Risotto is a great weeknight dinner, perfect for filling empty bellies and warming on these cold winter nights.
This classic Italian dish is created with arborio rice (don’t use your usual long-grain rice), the best risotto will not be runny or gluggy - but trust us, it’s a learning process to create the perfect consistency.

This creamy risotto can be altered to make the recipe vegan and dairy-free.

Save your leftovers and make arancini balls! Find our favourite arancini recipe here.

Image by Molly at Sustained Kitchen

 Ingredients:

  • 8 cups of chicken or vegetable stock (liquid)

  • 2 cups of arborio rice

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 onion chopped

  • 2 cloves garlic chopped OR 1 tsp garlic powder

  • 1 bay leaf

  • 1 tsp thyme

  • 1/2 cup white wine OR extra stock

  • 3/4 cup frozen peas

  • 1.5 cups chopped mushrooms (any type you like)

  • 1 cup grated parmesan cheese OR nutritional yeast

  • Cracked pepper

  • salt flakes

Creating the Magic:

Image by Gemma from Plant Magic Meals

Risotto takes time and patience.

  1. Heat the stock

  2. Add tbsp oil to a large pan, add onion and cook until translucent - about 5 minutes.

  3. Add in mushrooms, bay leaf, thyme, garlic and cook until the mushrooms are golden - about 5 minutes.

  4. Remove from heat and season with salt and cracked pepper, transer to a bowl.

  5. In the same large pan add in the remaining 1 tbsp of oil and arborio rice. Ensure all of the rice is coated in oil.

  6. If using wine add the wine in and cook until absorbed.

  7. Add in stock 1 cup at a time. Stir arborio rice often to ensure the stock is absorbed before ading next cup of stock - yu may not need all the stock.
    You want the rice to be creamy, but not mushy.

  8. Add mushroom mix back to the pan together with the peas and parmesan (or nutritional yeast). Stir to combine.

  9. Serve with warm crusty bread and enjoy!

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