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Strawberry Risotto Recipe
Strawberry risotto is an unusual risotto recipe. Fresh and colorful, this recipe is very easy-to-make. Given its particularity and its note of color, rice with strawberries is a dish perfect for special occasion.Strawberry risotto is not an ancient recipe of traditional Italian cuisine. It's a relatively recent dish that has now become a classic of Italian recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 small onion
- 1 liter vegetable broth - ~4 cups
- 100 ml Prosecco wine or other sparkling white wine - ½ cup
- 350 g Carnaroli or Arborio rice - 1 ¾ cup
- 350 g fresh strawberries - ¾ pound
- 40 g unsalted butter - 1.5 oz
- 50 g grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese - ½ cup
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- salt - to taste
- balsamic vinegar - a few drops, optional
- mint - a few leaves for garnish, optional
Instructions
- wash the strawberries then dry them well. Remove the green tuft and cut them into small pieces. Keep a few whole strawberries for the final decoration.
- Chop the onion and sauté over medium heat in a pan with 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
- Add the rice and cook for ⅔ minutes, always stirring, untill the grains are slightly glassy.
- Add the white wine, stir and let it evaporate, over high heat. We recommend a Prosecco wine.
- Then add the hot vegetable stock. At first, there will be a sizzle: part of the stock, in contact with the hot pan, evaporates. Then immediately add another ladle of stock. During cooking, the rice must always be covered with stock; in this way it releases the starches and the grain does not break.
- Halfway through cooking, after about 8 minutes, add half of chopped strawberries, stirring constantly. Strawberries become creamy and give the risotto its characteristic color.
- When the rice is cooked, after another 8/10 minutes, turn off the heat. Add grated Parmigiano cheese and butter. Stir to combine and finish with the remaining strawberries.
- Strawberry risotto is ready! You can add two or three drops of balsamic vinegar, a few mint leaves and decorate with fresh strawberries.
Nutrition
Serving: 100gCalories: 584kcalCarbohydrates: 83gProtein: 12gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 1201mgPotassium: 289mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 887IUVitamin C: 53mgCalcium: 195mgIron: 1mg
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