Mushroom risotto with lemon in a large silver pot with serving spoon

Mushroom risotto

Name: Mushroom risotto
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 25g dried porcini; 1 vegetable stock cube; 2 tbsp olive oil; 200g chestnut mushrooms quartered; 25g butter; 3 shallots finely chopped; 1 clove garlic crushed; 150g arborio rice; 1 glass white wine; 100g spinach chopped; 50g pecorino (or veggie alternative) finely grated, plus a little extra to serve, if you like; 1 lemon zested

Published: October 29, 2018 at 4:49 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 35 mins

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Check out our creamy mushroom risotto recipe with zesty lemon. This quick veggie risotto dish is easy to make and ready in 35 minutes

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Ingredients

Nutrition

25g dried porcini
1 vegetable stock cube
2 tbsp olive oil
200g chestnut mushrooms

quartered
25g butter
3 shallots

finely chopped
1 clove garlic

crushed
150g arborio rice
1 glass white wine
100g spinach

chopped
50g pecorino (or veggie alternative)

finely grated, plus a little extra to serve, if you like
1 lemon

zested

Nutrition: per serving

kcal696
fat31.4g
saturates12.9g
carbs72.9g
sugars4.2g
fibre3.8g
protein18.6g
salt3g

Method

step 1

Put the porcini in a small bowl, pour over 300ml boiling water and leave to soak for 15 minutes. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve into a jug and top up with boiling water to 600ml. Crumble in the stock cube or stir in 1 tsp of stock powder or liquid. Roughly chop the porcini.
step 2

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a wide, shallow, non-stick pan and add the chestnut mushrooms. Fry, keeping the heat fairly high, until the mushrooms have turned golden and shrunk a little (this will help concentrate the flavour). Scrape the mushrooms out of the pan into a bowl and give the pan a wipe.
step 3

Add 1 tbsp of oil and the butter to the pan, and cook the shallots and garlic until softened. Add the porcini and risotto rice, and stir until coated. Tip in the wine and simmer until it’s all absorbed. Gradually add the porcini stock liquid, stirring until the rice is almost tender, then add the chestnut mushrooms. Add the last of the stock along with the spinach, pecorino and lemon zest. Take off the heat, put on a lid and sit for 5 minutes before serving in bowls with extra cheese, if you like.

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