Courgette Risotto.
Hey everyone, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, courgette risotto. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Courgette Risotto is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They're nice and they look wonderful. Courgette Risotto is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook courgette risotto using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Courgette Risotto:
- {Make ready 50 g of butter.
- {Get 1 of banana shallot, finely chopped.
- {Make ready 2 of courgettes, 125-150 g each with one finely grated and t’other diced.
- {Prepare 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
- {Make ready 1 of red chilli, with seeds and thinly sliced (optional).
- {Prepare 300 g of arborio rice.
- {Make ready 250 ml of dry white wine.
- {Prepare 1 l of vegetable stock (I used Knorr stock pots). Keep warm.
- {Prepare 1 of lemon, juice and zest of.
- {Take 40 g of Parmesan cheese, grated.
- {Get 100 g of mascarpone.
- {Make ready of Salt.
- {Take of Ground black pepper.
Steps to make Courgette Risotto:
- Melt the butter in your large pan, bringing to a medium-high heat. Add the shallots and cook for 7-8 minutes, or until softened..
- Add the courgettes and cook for 3 or so minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the garlic and optional chilli (if using) and fry for a further 2 minutes..
- Stir in the rice and cook for another minute, stirring continuously..
- Add the wine in two goes to ease absorption, stirring continuously..
- Add the stock and lemon juice, a little at a time and cook on a fast simmer, stirring continuously until all the liquid is absorbed. This is likely to take 15-20 minutes. By this time the rice should be almost cooked..
- Stir in the mascarpone and Parmesan, cover and cook for a further 5 minutes. Occasionally stir gently. Add a very little more liquid if, but only if, the mixture is running dry..
- Season to taste, stir in the lemon zest and serve immediately onto warmed dishes..
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