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Italian recipes Porcini mushroom and Parma ham risotto recipe

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Date Published:
22/09/2009

Try this sumptuous risotto made with some of Europe's finest foods

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 50g butter
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 300g risotto rice, such as carnaroli
  • 300ml white wine
  • 1.2 litres vegetable stock, hot
  • Knob of butter
  • 150g Parma ham, cut into thin strips
  • 25g dried porcini mushrooms (rehydrate in warm water for 20 mins)
  • 4 tbsp mascarpone
  • 1 packet of rocket
  • 200g peas or petit pois
  • Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese shavings to serve

Method: How to make porcini mushroom and Parma ham risotto with peas and rocket

1. Melt the butter in a large, deep frying pan over a medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook gently for a few minutes, until softened.

2. Add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the rice and stir until coated in butter, then add the wine and stir for 2-3 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed.

3. Add the stock, a ladleful at a time, stirring in each addition until absorbed. Keep ladling and stirring until the stock is finished and the rice is al dente but creamy – this will take about 20 minutes at a gentle simmer. Check the seasoning, cover and allow to rest for 2-3 minutes.

4. Heat a knob of butter in a heavy-based frying pan, then add the Parma Ham and fry for 1 minute or until crisp. Add the porcini to the pan and toss until they are cooked.

5. Add these ingredients to the rice, stirring the mascarpone, peas and rocket into the rice.

6. Serve immediately with large Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese shavings scattered over the top.


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