
Photography: Dean Wilmot
- Cuisine: Modern Australian
- Servings: Serves 6
- Cooking Time: Less than 60 minutes
- Course: Entree, Lunch
Rocket and mushroom risotto
Ingredients
8 cups (2 litres) chicken stock100g butter
250g swiss brown mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, finely chopped
1 ½ cups (300g) arborio rice
1 cup (80g) grated parmesan, plus shaved parmesan to serve
1 bunch rocket, trimmed, washed, chopped
Preparation
1. Heat chicken stock in a saucepan until simmering. Melt half of butter in a large heavy-based frying pan on medium. Cook mushrooms for 5 minutes, until golden. Remove from pan and set aside. Add onion to same pan and cook for 3 minutes. Stir through rice and cook for 1 minute, until rice is translucent.2. Add 1 cup of hot stock. Simmer, stirring constantly, adding a ladle of stock at a time as liquid is absorbed. This should take 15-20 minutes, until rice is just tender.
3. Remove from heat and stir through grated parmesan, rocket, mushrooms and remaining butter. Cover and set aside for 2 minutes. Top with shaved parmesan to serve.
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Comments (1)
14 Jul 2010 09:13 AEST
Amy_O
Brisbane
Easy and delicious
Very pleasantly surprised with this dish especially as it was my first time making risotto. The leftovers weren't enough and I only wish I had of made more! Has become a staple recipe in our house.
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