Another food I’ve been eating more of recently is mushrooms; I think my previous hate for them stems from my youth when I had an egg baguette in which I found, and accidentally ate, a rogue mushroom. However, I am now open to the idea of mushrooms, and this recipe, made up by Katherine makes perfect use of our fungal friends.
I was always of the opinion that risotto had to have cheese in it, however, this recipe has converted me. This admission is no small thing either, because for the past few months I have been berating a friend for cooking risottos which didn’t include cheese. Suffice to say there will be, not inconsiderable, gloating on her part. The benefit of not having cheese in your risotto is that it is a lot lighter, and you don’t feel quite so bad after eating it. It also becomes considerably cheaper to cook, making this a particularly frugal dish.
Mushroom Risotto {recipe}
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 100g button mushrooms, washed and quartered
- 125g arborio rice
- 1 medium onion, finely diced
- 1 clove garlic, mashed and sliced
- 20g butter
- 600ml chicken, or vegetable, stock
- 3/4 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- oil
- seasoning
12 replies on “Mushroom Risotto”
Mushroom risotto is great, one of my standby dishes. Lovely with dried porchini in it too ala Delia.
I love mushroom risotto! Adding in white-wine with the garlic, mushrooms and onions (then reducing) before the stock gives it a really rich taste.
Great – me too :D. It does!
This looks so yummy 🙂 I cannot wait to try it !!!
So Jamie Oliver is flogging Great Britain now? (the advertisment at the bottom of your post). I think that risotto would be something that Jamie Oliver would approve of. Hearty, tasty and predominately Italian, what’s not to love? I LOVE mushrooms and am glad you have come over to the fungal side but that won’t mean that I am going to start eating celeriac OR okra any day soon! :).
Haha – sorry about those :D. Don’t worry, okra will not feature.
Nah…the ad’s mean you have made it Mr Frugal, nothing to be ashamed of 😉
Actually, they’re just WordPress Ads that most could install. When I go self-hosted soon I’ll get some nicer ones.
At least they will be more personalised (and we can start analysing you through your advertisments 😉 )
Haha – I’m the frugal guinea pig.
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