Porcini Risotto - porcini, the king of mushrooms and how to use them to make a delicious risotto.
Course:
Main
Cuisine:
Italian
Prep Time:10minutes
Cook Time:20minutes
Total Time:30minutes
Servings:4
Author:Manuela Zangara
Ingredients
Porcini Sauce
250gms– 8.8 oz. porcini mushroomscleaned and sliced (fresh or frozen)
1cloveof garlicchopped
2tbspextra virgin olive oil
1tbspparlseychopped
1/4glass white wine
Salt to taste
Risotto
320gms– 11.3 oz. riceArborio, Carnaroli or Vialone nano
½onionfinely chopped
2tbspextra virgin olive oil
50ml– 1.7 oz. white wine
1lt – 33.8 oz. beef or vegetable stock
4tbspParmigiano Reggianofinely grated
30gms– 2 tbsp butter
Salt to taste
Porcini sauce
Instructions
To prepare the porcini sauce, chop the garlic clove and put it in a non stick frying pan with the extra virgin olive oil and let it fry on a low fire for 1 minute.
Add the sliced porcini mushrooms and let them cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add the white wine and burn the alcohol off by increasing the flame for a few seconds.
Season with salt to taste.
Put the fire off, add the chopped parsley and keep it aside.
Now put the stock in a pot and heat it on the fire. The stock has to be hot all the time while you are cooking risotto, so that the rice temperature does not drop when you add the stock to it.
Put the finely chopped onion and the 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil in a pot and let it cook on a slow fire, until the onion becomes soft and transparent.
Add the rice, mix well and let it cook for 1 or 2 minutes, until it becomes translucent.
Now pour in the white wine and let the alcohol burn off by cooking on a high flame.
Then add enough hot stock to cover the rice and turn the fire to medium-low. Keep cooking, occasionally stirring the rice and adding hot stock little by little, until the rice is cooked. It is going to take approximately 18 to 20 minutes depending on the rice you are using.
minutes before the rice is ready, add the porcini sauce to it, stir well and keep cooking as above.
When the rice is ready, put the fire off and add the butter and grated Parmigiano Reggiano. Mix very well, until the rice becomes creamy.
Make sure that your risotto is moist (or, as we say, all’onda – which literally means wavy) and not sticky. You can do that by adding 1 or 2 extra tbsp of hot stock if needed. Check for salt and season to your liking.